The MET Orchestra & Joyce DiDonato

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Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage New York City, New York, United States

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Programme

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Le Corsaire, Op.21: Overture
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Les Troyens: Chers Tyriens
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Les Troyens: Chasse royale et orage
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Les Troyens: Ah! Ah! Je vais mourir! … Adieu, fière cité
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Symphonie fantastique, Op.14

Performers

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Conductor
Joyce DiDonato	Mezzo-soprano

Conductor Leonard Bernstein called Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique “the first psychedelic music trip.” With its depictions of an opium overdose, hallucinations of murder, and a Witches’ Sabbath, it’s one of the greatest orchestral showpieces. There’s more Berlioz drama in selections from his grand opera Les Troyens—based on Virgil’s epic Aeneid—including a royal hunt, a violent thunderstorm, and the heartbreaking farewell aria of the tragic Carthaginian Queen Dido.

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The MET Orchestra closes Carnegie Hall’s season with a Berlioz evening

Edward Sava-Segal, 18th June

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts, while Joyce DiDonato again proves her exceptional ability to connect with an audience.

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