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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’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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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 …
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Prom 64 review – Les Troyens in concert at the Royal Albert Hall
07 Sep 2023 10:55 GMT
… and Monteverdi Choir.
Hector Berlioz composed Les Troyens between 1856 and 1858, … , under the title of Les Troyens à Carthage, did appear … for a long period after Berlioz’ death in 1869, … performance remains the ideal for Les Troyens, this style of concert …
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Prom 64: Les Troyens review – trouble-hit concert-staging rises to the occasion magnificently
04 Sep 2023 11:32 GMT
… Romantique’s semi-staging of Berlioz’s Les Troyens reached the Proms mired … , and a thrilling exploration of Berlioz’s orchestral palette, with its … I ended up wishing that Berlioz had given Anna more to …
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William Thomas Cancels Final ‘Les Troyens’ Tour Performances
02 Sep 2023 04:44 GMT
… final two performances of the “Les Troyens” tour.
The bass who was … during a performance at the Berlioz Festival. The incident caused an … after Tuesday’s performance of Berlioz’s ‘Les Troyens’ with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire …
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Sir. John Eliot Gardiner Apologizes in Statement & Withdraws from ‘Les Troyens’ Tour
24 Aug 2023 22:07 GMT
… Thomas at the performance of “Les Troyens” in France.
In a … which occurred at the Festival Berlioz at La Côte-Saint- … all the remaining performances of Les Troyens. I wish Dinis Sousa … during a performance of Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” because he exited the …
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Glory to Dido! The Operas of Hector Berlioz
08 Mar 2024 01:06 GMT
… , Hector Berlioz composed his four-hour Les Troyens in the … under the title Les Troyens à Carthage and met … Les Troyens, written a few years before, Béatrice et Bénédict is, in Berlioz … accomplishments of Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens, and Béatrice et Bénédict …
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ArtSEA: On the eve of Inauguration Day, a photo essay from Jan. 6
17 Jan 2025 05:20 GMT
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Seattle Opera presents Les Troyens in Concert (Jan. 17 and … ). This abridged version of Hector Berlioz’s epic tale (which was …
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Berlioz: Addicted to music, not drugs
12 Dec 2023 04:17 GMT
… they often turn to Hector Berlioz for support.
Surely, here is … the world's leading Berlioz scholars, Hugh Macdonald, to … way of a good story.
Berlioz expert Hugh Macdonald
Photo: … Meachem and Christine Goerke in Les Troyens
Photo: Todd Rosenberg
And if …