Berlioz: Harold in Italy

[Roslynmuse]

Edward Gardner is also conducting The Damnation of Faust at Birmingham with the CBSO, chorus and soloists next June:

https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/the-damnation-of-faust

With luck, there might be more Berlioz performances than usual next year to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.

For those nearer Manchester than Birmingham, Mark Elder is conducting Faust next February. I caught the Hallé performance in Edinburgh in August 2017 and it was extremely good, especially Laurent Naouri as Mephistopheles, repeating the role next year. https://www.halle.co.uk/whats-on/the...tion-of-faust/

[Cockney Sparrow]

Edward Gardner is also conducting The Damnation of Faust at Birmingham with the CBSO, chorus and soloists next June:

https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/the-damnation-of-faust

With luck, there might be more Berlioz performances than usual next year to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.

No mention here (I think) of 13 performances of the same at Glyndebourne next year, per the hberlioz.com listing site referred to above. Alan Clayton in the cast, it is the one piece that might tempt me to make the journey.
Per Wickipedia "its travelogue form and cosmic perspective have made it an extreme challenge to stage as an opera. Berlioz himself was eager to see the work staged, but once he did, he conceded that the production techniques of his time were not up to the task of bringing the work to dramatic life."

The wonderful performance of Saul this year gives hope that Richard Jones/Glyndebourne will meet with success.....

[BBMmk2]

Edward Gardner is also conducting The Damnation of Faust at Birmingham with the CBSO, chorus and soloists next June:

https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/the-damnation-of-faust

With luck, there might be more Berlioz performances than usual next year to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.

Oh I hope so! A glut of Berlioz at the Proms next year?

I’m rather a fan of Gardner, so his Damnation, would worth looking out for.

[bluestateprommer]

For anyone who wants to relive this past season's Prom 71, with a New York City twist, the ORR & JEG just gave the same all-Berlioz concert at Carnegie Hall, with a different mezzo:

https://www.wqxr.org/story/orchestre-revolutionnaire-et-romantique-berlioz-carnegie-hall

Haven't heard this yet myself, but need to give it a go at some point.

PS: NYT review of the two ORR concerts @ Carnegie Hall this past weekend. The reviewer was pleased:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/arts/music/review-berlioz-gardiner-carnegie-hall.html

[Darkbloom]

For anyone who wants to relive this past season's Prom 71, with a New York City twist, the ORR & JEG just gave the same all-Berlioz concert at Carnegie Hall, with a different mezzo:

https://www.wqxr.org/story/orchestre-revolutionnaire-et-romantique-berlioz-carnegie-hall

Haven't heard this yet myself, but need to give it a go at some point.

PS: NYT review of the two ORR concerts @ Carnegie Hall this past weekend. The reviewer was pleased:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/a...egie-hall.html

One of the people in the comments wanted to know who the 'dreadful Brit' co-announcing was. Clemency Burton-Hill, as it turned out.