Béatrice et Bénédict
Opera
Cast changes enliven home stretch of Lyric Opera's 'Faust'...season when he sang Romeo in another Gounod work, "Romeo et Juliette." That same season, he took the lead in Berlioz's "Beatrice et Benedict" at Chicago Opera Theater. At the rate he is progressing, can Massenet's Werther and Des Grieux be... In this article: Faust, Faust, Mephistopheles, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Marriage of Figaro, Romeo et Juliette, and Beatrice et Benedict |
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Wikipedia | July 05, 2009
Richard Pearlman
...Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1962. These experiences led to his first credited direction, the first American staging of Berlioz 's Beatrice et Benedict for the Washington National Opera in the 1964-65 season. After a period as a staff director...
In this article: Richard Pearlman, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Gaetano Donizetti, Franco Zeffirelli, George Rochberg, Metropolitan Opera, Giardiniera, Boa constrictor, and Santa Fe Opera
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Cheerful trio of shows entertains unevenly
...looked nothing if not random, with Mendelssohn's Hebrides leading to Haydn's Trumpet Concerto, Handel's Water Music, Berlioz's Beatrice and Benedict overture and Britten's Young Person's Guide. The presenter of this programme, challenging...
In this article: Hector Berlioz, All rights reserved, and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Joyce DiDonato
...then performed the five remaining scheduled performances from a wheelchair. She will also be performing the roles of Beatrice in Berlioz's Beatrice et Benedict with Houston Grand Opera, Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo with Opera National de...
In this article: Joyce DiDonato, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, La Cenerentola, and Rossini Opera Festival
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NPR | June 18, 2009
Berlioz Meets Bard In 'Beatrice And Benedict'
...which was premiered at a Baden-Baden theater in 1862. On this week's World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone presents Beatrice and Benedict from the Champs-Elysees Theatre in Paris. The stars are mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and tenor Charles...
In this article: Hector Berlioz, Beatrice and Benedict, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, and Joyce DiDonato
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Beatrice et Benedict
...by all sorts of kind attention," as he recorded in his memoirs. Beatrice et Benedict is rather infrequently performed and never became part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are several recordings of the opera, including a...
In this article: Hector Berlioz, Messina, Much Ado About Nothing, and Les Troyens
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Chicago Sun-Times | April 27, 2008
A contemporary 'Don Giovanni'
...with a cast and chorus of 23 newcomers and COT apprentices. Nicola Raab, who created the inventive staging of last year's Berlioz opera, "Beatrice and Benedict," will direct. COT rounds out its season with a Handel opera in a 20th-century...
In this article: Don Giovanni, Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, John Adams, and Millennium Park
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1862 in music
...Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe is published in Atlantic Monthly. August 9 - Beatrice et Benedict, opera by Hector Berlioz, debuts in Baden-Baden. November 10 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera La forza del destino debuts in Saint...
In this article: William Cullen Bryant, Anton Rubinstein, Prix de Rome, Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Maryland, My Maryland, American Civil War, Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray, and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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SFGate: Entertainment | August 25, 2009
Review: Merola finale: stellar evening of song
...August 25, 2009 The exquisite all-female trio from Act 2 of Berlioz's "Beatrice et Benedict" that concluded the first half of Saturday's Grand Finale of the Merola Opera Program was both a high point and an emblem. It wasn't the only...
In this article: Hector Berlioz, Cadre, San Francisco Chronicle, Carmen, and Maid of Orleans
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French opera
...decidedly interesting". Berlioz's third and final opera, the Shakespearean comedy Beatrice et Benedict (1862), was written for a theatre in Germany, where audiences were far more appreciative of his musical innovation. Berlioz was not the...
In this article: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Hector Berlioz, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, Paris, Claude Debussy, Richard Wagner, Francis Poulenc, and Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Béatrice et Bénédict (Beatrice and Benedict) is a comic opera in two acts by Hector Berlioz. The French libretto was written by Berlioz himself, based loosely on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
It was first performed at the Theater der Stadt, Baden-Baden on August 9, 1862.
Berlioz completed the score to the work between the completion and production of his magnum opus, the monumental opera Les Troyens. Shortly after its successful premiere in Baden, Berlioz conducted the first two performances of a German version in Weimar, where he was "overwhelmed by all sorts of kind attention," as he recorded in his memoirs.
Béatrice et Bénédict is infrequently performed and never became part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are several recordings of the opera, and the overture is frequently heard on the symphonic concert stage.
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