Event listing: Concert: Berlioz | Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House | Sun 21 Oct 2018 at 17:00

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Château de Versailles: Royal Opera HouseChâteau de Versailles, Versailles, Île-de-France, 78000, France

Dates/times in Paris time zone

Programme

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Le Corsaire, Op.21: Overture
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	La Mort de Cléopâtre
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Les Troyens: Royal hunt and storm
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Les Troyens: Ah! Ah! Je vais mourir! … Adieu, fière cité
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Symphonie fantastique, Op.14

Performers

Lucile Richardot	Mezzo-soprano
Sir John Eliot Gardiner	Conductor
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

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Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique: The demon symphony

Bachtrack, 16th April

Gareth Davies, Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra, talks about the furious scramble to keep up with Colin Davis performing Berlioz’s great hallucinatory symphony.

Berlioz 150: The Amazing Fantastique

Sir Roger Norrington, 4th February

Sir Roger Norrington explores the history of “the first truly Romantic score in history” and recounts his experiences performing it.

The story of Symphonie Fantastique

Danny Riley, 4th September

Berlioz had a rather trying time while he was composing Symphonie fantastique. Here, we take a look at his amorous obsessions.

See Le Corsaire, Op.21: Overture in

Montreal, QC, Canada

Gardiner à Versailles : Berlioz en trompe-l’œil

Tristan Labouret, 21st October

Pour accueillir Sir John Eliot Gardiner et son Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, l’Opéra Royal de Versailles a reconstitué le décor d’un « concert monstre » donné par Berlioz il y a 170 ans.

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