Fact file
| Year of birth | 1803 |
| Year of death | 1869 |
| Nationality | France |
| Period | Romantic |
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ViennaLes TroyensNew production
Berlioz: Les Troyens (The Trojans)
Alain Altinoglu; Sir David McVicar; Vienna State Opera; Es Devlin; Moritz Junge; Joyce DiDonato; Brandon Jovanovich
BerlinLa Damnation de Faust
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Donald Runnicles; Christian Spuck; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Emma Ryott; Irene Roberts; Klaus Florian Vogt
MadridOrquesta Sinfónica de Madrid: Concierto 1
Schumann, Berlioz, Lyadov, Debussy
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid; Maximiano Valdés; Soo-Jung Ann
AmsterdamEliot Gardiner conducts Symphonie Fantastique
Berlioz
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Lucile Richardot
OxfordNuits d'Afrique: Ailish Tynan, Adam Walker, Brian O'Kane and James Baillieu
Ravel, Weir, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz
Ailish Tynan; Adam Walker; Brian O'Kane; James Baillieu
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Märkl leads a first-rate Daphnis et Chloé in Atlanta
Jun Märkl excels in an all-French program entitled “Vive la France”.
Ravel's friends and rivals at Wigmore Hall
Mary Bevan’s bewitching soprano is the star of a glorious programme of music by Ravel and his contemporaries.
Byron's Harold the unlikely star in Gardiner's Berlioz Prom
Antoine Tamestit takes a peripatetic approach to Byron's brooding hero, while Joyce DiDonato dies – twice – as Cleopatra and Dido.
Eloquence and elegance from the EUYO, Noseda and Cho
The European Union Youth Orchestra confirms its exceptional quality in Zubel and Tchaikovsky. In Chopin, Seong-Jin Cho shows why he is a rising star of distinction.
Pittsburgh Symphony closes season magnificently
Manfred Honeck concluded the PSO’s season – his tenth as music director – with Emanuel Ax in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto and a spectacular traversal of Berlioz’s Te Deum.
List of works
La Mort d'Ophélie, H92Benvenuto Cellini: overtureBéatrice et BénédictBéatrice et Bénédict: overtureChant du BonheurGrande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op.15 H 80Harold en Italie, Op.16Irlande: mélodies irlandaises, Op.2bKing Lear OvertureL'Enfance du Christ, Op.25L'ImpérialeLa Captive (voice, cello & piano)La Damnation de FaustLa Damnation de Faust, Op.24: Rákóczy MarchLa Damnation de Faust: AriasLa Mort de CléopâtreLe Carnaval romain, Op.9Le Corsaire, Op.21: OvertureLe roi Lear (King Lear), Op.4Le temple universelLes Francs-Juges: overture, Op.3Les Nuits d'été, Op.7Les Troyens (The Trojans)Les Troyens: Ah! Ah! Je vais mourir! … Adieu, fière citéLes Troyens: OvertureLes Troyens: Royal hunt and stormLélio, ou Le retour à la vie, Op.14bisPetit oiseau, Op.13 no.2Requiem "Grande Messe des morts", Op.5Roméo et Juliette, choral symphonyRoméo et Juliette, choral symphony, Op.17: Love SceneRoméo et Juliette, choral symphony, Op.17: Romeo aloneSymphonie fantastique, Op.14Symphony Fantastique op. 14a (transcritpion: Liszt)Te DeumTristiaZaïde: Bolero