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John Nelson, conductor who won Recording of the Year for Les Troyens, dies aged 83
04 Apr 2025 16:20 GMT
… the time his recording of Les Troyens on Erato was named … of his interpretation, ‘allowing Berlioz’s music time to breathe … Lemieux and Michael Spyres.
More Berlioz releases followed: La Damnation … Cathedral in 2019. (Earlier Berlioz's recordings for Erato …
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Epic opera, epic performance: "Les Troyens in Concert" at Seattle Opera
31 Jan 2025 20:56 GMT
Les Troyens in Concert
by Hector Berlioz
Seattle Opera premiere
McCaw Hall, … concert performances of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens saw something truly spectacular … practical reasons: when fully staged, Les Troyens is prohibitively long (seven hours …
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John Nelson, conductor who championed Berlioz, dies at 83
10 Apr 2025 16:58 GMT
… French name, “Les Troyens,” the opera was Berlioz’s most … Metropolitan Opera, conducting “Les Troyens” as a last-minute … unquestionably the version of Berlioz’s masterpiece to have … Les Troyens” recording, Mr. Nelson continued to record major works by Berlioz …
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John Nelson, American conductor and Berlioz champion, passes away
06 Apr 2025 01:43 GMT
… first major recording of Les Troyens (1863) by Hector Berlioz, released by Erato … -act French opera - for Berlioz, the work of a lifetime … lineup of singers. The "Berlioz Conductor" passed away on …
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Berlioz, A Reckoning
07 Mar 2025 21:59 GMT
… some of the fighting about Berlioz.
Detractors said, “Blowsy, … thinking about my Berlioz aversion, or Berlioz skepticism, and here … understandably.
He followed up Les Troyens with another opera — a … were writers who championed Berlioz — prominent among them …
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Berlioz’s Christmas hit
05 Dec 2024 12:40 GMT
… work, because Parisians – in Berlioz’s view – were “halfwits … past musical idyll, but Berlioz creating an intentionally “ … the original vision of Berlioz”?
Berlioz may have pretended to … beginning his most ambitious work, Les Troyens (“The Trojans”), in 1856 …
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July NYPO includes the Magic Flute, Copland, Barber, Beethoven and more, 7/6 @ 3pm
27 Jun 2025 14:11 GMT
… : A Faust Overture Berlioz: Royal Hunt & Storm from Les Troyens Carter: Concerto …
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Bard Music Festival offers Berlioz' take on the Faustian legend
08 Aug 2024 20:06 GMT
… captivated French composer Hector Berlioz from the very … include selections from Berlioz’ epic opera “Les Troyens” on Aug. …
Program Five, devoted to Berlioz’ female contemporaries, will include … “It’s interesting with Berlioz, because it happened throughout …
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Prom 64 review – Les Troyens in concert at the Royal Albert Hall
07 Sep 2023 10:55 GMT
… and Monteverdi Choir.
Hector Berlioz composed Les Troyens between 1856 and 1858, … , under the title of Les Troyens à Carthage, did appear … for a long period after Berlioz’ death in 1869, … performance remains the ideal for Les Troyens, this style of concert …
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Prom 64: Les Troyens review – trouble-hit concert-staging rises to the occasion magnificently
04 Sep 2023 11:32 GMT
… Romantique’s semi-staging of Berlioz’s Les Troyens reached the Proms mired … , and a thrilling exploration of Berlioz’s orchestral palette, with its … I ended up wishing that Berlioz had given Anna more to …