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John Nelson, conductor who won Recording of the Year for Les Troyens, dies aged 83
04 Apr 2025 16:20 GMT
… the time his recording of Les Troyens on Erato was named … of his interpretation, ‘allowing Berlioz’s music time to breathe … Lemieux and Michael Spyres.
More Berlioz releases followed: La Damnation … Cathedral in 2019. (Earlier Berlioz's recordings for Erato …
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John Nelson, conductor who championed Berlioz, dies at 83
10 Apr 2025 16:58 GMT
… French name, “Les Troyens,” the opera was Berlioz’s most … Metropolitan Opera, conducting “Les Troyens” as a last-minute … unquestionably the version of Berlioz’s masterpiece to have … Les Troyens” recording, Mr. Nelson continued to record major works by Berlioz …
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John Nelson, American conductor and Berlioz champion, passes away
06 Apr 2025 01:43 GMT
… first major recording of Les Troyens (1863) by Hector Berlioz, released by Erato … -act French opera - for Berlioz, the work of a lifetime … lineup of singers. The "Berlioz Conductor" passed away on …
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Epic opera, epic performance: "Les Troyens in Concert" at Seattle Opera
31 Jan 2025 20:56 GMT
Les Troyens in Concert
by Hector Berlioz
Seattle Opera premiere
McCaw Hall, … concert performances of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens saw something truly spectacular … practical reasons: when fully staged, Les Troyens is prohibitively long (seven hours …
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Berlioz, A Reckoning
07 Mar 2025 21:59 GMT
… some of the fighting about Berlioz.
Detractors said, “Blowsy, … thinking about my Berlioz aversion, or Berlioz skepticism, and here … understandably.
He followed up Les Troyens with another opera — a … were writers who championed Berlioz — prominent among them …
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Berlioz’s Christmas hit
05 Dec 2024 12:40 GMT
… work, because Parisians – in Berlioz’s view – were “halfwits … past musical idyll, but Berlioz creating an intentionally “ … the original vision of Berlioz”?
Berlioz may have pretended to … beginning his most ambitious work, Les Troyens (“The Trojans”), in 1856 …
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Conductor John Nelson Dead at 83
10 Apr 2025 05:38 GMT
… underappreciated musical sons, Hector Berlioz, died on March 31 … he introduced Berlioz’s epic five-act opera “Les Troyens” (“The … was clearly born with Berlioz in his genes.”
That … much-praised recording of “Les Troyens” with the Strasbourg Philharmonic …
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John Nelson, Indianapolis Symphony's fourth music director, dies
09 Apr 2025 10:55 GMT
… for his interpretations of Hector Berlioz, Nelson built the ensemble… direct a performance of Berlioz' "Les Troyens," according to the … to direct lauded recordings of Berlioz' music and specialized in …
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Conductor John Nelson has Died, Aged 83
05 Apr 2025 18:04 GMT
… Costa Rica.
Nelson was a Berlioz specialist, and in 2018 he … composer’s five-hour opera Les Troyens. Released on the Warner Classics … (which garnered a GRAMMY Award), Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict (Diapason …
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Bard Music Festival offers Berlioz' take on the Faustian legend
08 Aug 2024 20:06 GMT
… captivated French composer Hector Berlioz from the very … include selections from Berlioz’ epic opera “Les Troyens” on Aug. …
Program Five, devoted to Berlioz’ female contemporaries, will include … “It’s interesting with Berlioz, because it happened throughout …