BRSO: Berlioz; Conducted by Robin TicciatiHector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
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Robin Ticciati’s lively interpretation of Hector Berlioz’s dramatic symphony Roméo et Juliette is arguably the most famous and most tragic love story ever told.
This event is in the past.
Robin Ticciati’s lively interpretation of Hector Berlioz’s dramatic symphony Roméo et Juliette is arguably the most famous and most tragic love story ever told.
Throughout his life, Berlioz, a pioneer of romanticism, was enthusiastic to the point of obsession about Shakespeare’s dramas. But not wanting to turn Romeo and Juliet into an opera, he sought to find a new form that addressed the audience’s imagination as imaginary theatre: While Berlioz entrusts the lovers’ voices entirely to the orchestra, the outstanding Bavarian Radio Chorus takes centre stage in this symphony, embodying the two warring families Montague and Capulet as a double chorus singing against each other.
Programme
- Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique for soloists, choir and orchestra, Op 17
With
- Robin Ticciati: conductor
- Julie Boulianne: mezzo-soprano
- Valentin Thill: tenor
- William Thomas: bass
- Bavarian Radio Chorus
- Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Introduction (in German language) at 6:45 PM
- Guest: Kerstin Rosenfeldt
- Moderation: Michaela Fridrich
