He revived interest in a “problem child” in the pantheon of high romantic composers, bringing Berlioz overdue recognition as one of France’s greatest composers. By Adam Nossiter The Romantic-era ...

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It has been 200 years since the birth of Hector Berlioz, and he remains every bit as perplexing a composer as he was during his lifetime. Throughout the middle decades of the 19th century, Berlioz was ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

Seattle Opera will present this January a concert rendering of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens—an epic tale of fate, love, and betrayal that is as grand in scope as it is rarely performed. This special ...

Hector Berlioz’s last opera, “Beatrice and Benedict,” has been performed since 1862 — but Seattle Opera audiences heard a world premiere of the work last weekend. How so? The Seattle Opera production ...

A gorgeous new recoding of Berlioz's DAMNATION DE FAUST, on the Erato label, has come my way and it is well-worth investigating. The work has entered the public consciousness with the recent revival ...

Hector Berlioz described Beatrice and Benedict as "a caprice written with the point of a needle." Houston Grand Opera's first production of the composer's final work (its first staging of any of his ...

nepalnepal — Other than Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, few 19th century operas can compare with Hector Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” (“The Trojans”) for beauty and grandeur. Or for length and staging challenges.

With all the mergers reshaping our society, the marriage of opera and movies may seem like a secondary kind of fusion, but it may become permanent and profound. With its live broadcasts, the Met has a ...

Will Liberalism Survive the Latest Crisis? Audio By Carbonatix Editor’s Note: This is an expanded version of a piece published in the current National Review. Many years ago, a reader introduced ...