Roméo et Juliette

...the solo spotlight on its own players more often in the future. The other major work on this weekend's concerts is a suite of selections from Berlioz's "Romeo et Juliette." Berlioz doesn't tell the familiar tragedy as Prokofiev and...

In this article: Utah Symphony, Richard III, Hector Berlioz, Smetana, Harry Potter, and William Shakespeare

...seemed a bit kaleidoscopic. On Friday excerpts from Berlioz's dramatic symphony "Romeo et Juliette" led first to the Prelude and "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," then to "La Mer," by Debussy. Yes, Wagner expressed admiration...

In this article: Vienna Philharmonic, Claude Debussy, Valery Gergiev, Hector Berlioz, Sergei Prokofiev, Yefim Bronfman, and Carnegie Hall

Berlioz, light years ahead of his time, is one of the greatest musical inventors, blossomed again in reaction to an astounding festival performance of his Romeo et Juliette by the RSNO and its music director, Stephane Deneve. His...

In this article: Hector Berlioz, Brian Friel, Pogorelich, Valse Triste, and David Bowie

...Dvorak's Stabat Mater, Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, Britten's War Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Berlioz's La damnation de Faust and Romeo et Juliette, Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem, Rossini's Stabat Mater and Verdi's Requiem. The...

In this article: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, War Requiem, Falstaff, Peter Grimes, Richard Hickox, and Grammy Award

...written for unaccompanied voices. Berlioz, who in 1858 first coined the term when describing his work Romeo et Juliette, explained the distinctive relationship he envisaged between voice and orchestra: "Even though voices are often used,...

In this article: Gustav Mahler, Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Philip Glass, Igor Stravinsky, Alfred Schnittke, Faust, Second Symphony, and Symphony of Psalms

...of French and Russian 20th century music. He has made influential modern recordings of Hector Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette '' and Maurice Ravel's ballets ''Daphnis et Chloe and Ma Mere l'Oie. Dutoit was born in Lausanne, Switzerland,...

In this article: Charles Edouard Dutoit, Martha Argerich, Philadelphia Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, Ma Mere l'Oie, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, and Gothenburg Symphony

...as a pianist before settling in 1790 in Paris. Here his dramatic opera entitled Romeo et Juliette, which was later highly regarded by Hector Berlioz, was produced at the Theatre Feydeau in 1793. This is held by many to be his most original...

In this article: Daniel Gottlieb Steibelt, Saint Petersburg, Berlin, Paris, Symphony No. 9, Cendrillon, and Francois-Adrien Boieldieu

...after the Odeon's 1827-28 season. Indeed, it may be the case that Romeo et Juliette's genesis is intertwined with other works composed before the composer left for his Prix de Rome sojourn of 1830-32. Sardanapale '', the cantata with which...

In this article: Hector Berlioz, Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, Emile Deschamps, William Shakespeare, and Niccolo Paganini

...time rehearsing and performing with the Society. He was deeply involved in the 1864 Shakespeare Festival in Prague, conducting Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette and composing a festival march. That same year he became music correspondent of the...

In this article: Smetana, The Bartered Bride, Karel Sabina, Gustav Mahler, Franz Liszt, and Act II