Les Troyens Palau de les Arts Reina Sofa Valencia 2009 Hector Berlioz war Literaturliebhaber und schon frh ein groer Verehrer Vergils. Er trug sich mit dem Gedanken, dessen Epos neis in einer Oper verarbeiten. JOHN NELSON HAS not only been involved with Les Troyens throughout his career; he has been instrumental in disseminating a work once considered unperformable. In 1972, he conducted the New York premiere of the complete work at Carnegie Hall; the next year, he made his Met debut with the company premiere of the Berlioz epic. Hector Berlioz, Lettre la Princesse de SaynWittgenstein, 1857 En 1854, Hector Berlioz confiait dans ses Mmoires: Depuis trois ans, je suis tourment par lide dun vaste opra dont je voudrais crire les paroles et la musique. Bajo el ttulo Les Troyens Carthage, los ltimos tres actos fueron representados en Pars el 4 de noviembre de 1863, seis aos antes de la muerte del compositor (1869). Berlioz nunca vio la representacin de los dos primeros actos, llamados La prise de Troie. PUBLIC Radio broadcast, 8 apr 2014 TEATRO ALLA SCALA DI MILANO LES TROYENS GrandOpra in five acts libretto and musica by Hector Berlioz Ene: Gregory Kunde Les Troyens hasnt fared well on DVD. James Levines 1983 Metropolitan Opera version (available only in the US) does feature Plcido Domingo, Jessye Norman and Tatiana Troyanos, no less, but in a dismally inadequate staging. The rejection of Les Troyens was the final blow in a lifetime of struggles against a largely hostile or indifferent musical environment in Paris. Not so however in Russia and Germany where Berlioz enjoyed some great successes conducting his own works. LES TROYENS was performed (albeit abridged) in the first half of the 20th Century (one would like to have heard Leider, Branzell and Roswaenge under Leo Blech in Berlin, 1930! After the war heightened interest in Berlioz led to a succession of distinguished performances and recordings. And the requirements of Les Troyens are still challenging even to this day. After almost 40 years, the opera house on the Ring is once again preparing to face this challenge. Event overview Les Troyens Hector Berlioz. Les Troyens s una pera francesa en cinc actes d'Hector Berlioz sobre un llibret del mateix compositor, inspirat de l'Eneida de Virgili. Escrita entre 1856 i 1858, Les Troyens era l'obra ms gran i ms ambiciosa de Berlioz, l'addici de la seva carrera artstica sencera, malgrat que Berlioz mai la va escoltar completa en tota la seva vida. The theme of Les Troyens is crying out for the musicdrama treatment, but with its recitatives, arias, duets, ensembles, choruses and instrumental interludes it is as surely opera as anything by Berlioz's revered Gluck or even his detested Handel. Les Troyens (Die Trojaner) ist eine ab 1856 komponierte Grand opra Pome Lyrique) in fnf Akten von Hector Berlioz auf ein eigenes Libretto nach Vergils Aeneis und Shakespeares Der Kaufmann von Venedig L'opera dovette essere scissa in due opere pi brevi, La Prise de Troie, della durata di un'ora e mezza e Les Troyens Carthage, di due ore e mezza. Berlioz riusc a vedere soltanto la rappresentazione della seconda parte, rappresentata al Thtre Lyrique di Parigi il 4 novembre 1863. Hector Berliozs epic opera Les Troyens has been lucky on disc. Complete recordings have been few but theyve tended to be crackers: Colin Davis, that greatest of Berlioz champions, recorded it twice, first with the forces of the Royal Opera for Philips and then, in concert, with the London. As a result Berlioz was forced to rely in the end on a smaller theatre with more limited resources, the ThtreLyrique, but where the director, Lon Carvalho, was enthusiastic about Les Troyens and had been pressing Berlioz since September 1859 to accept. Berlioz' monumental opera, Les Troyens opens with the false gift of the Trojan horse from the Greeks to the Trojans which results in the fall of Troy. Published on December 27, 2006. 0 out of 5 stars A bargain version that may be better than Davis's original. Berlioz Les Troyens Marche Troyenne. Berlioz Les Troyens Marche Troyenne. Vallon Sonore from Les Troyens (Berlioz) Duration: 4: 55. For anyone who loves Les Troyens, this is a revelatory and essential performance. January 2014 Gardiner has, as well as Antonacci's superb Cassandra, the regal dignity and warm mezzo tones of. Berlioz divisa alors sa partition (un dpeage, selon ses propres termes): les deux premiers actes devinrent La prise de Troie, et seuls les trois derniers actes, agrments d'un prlude, devenus Les Troyens Carthage, furent reprsents le 4 novembre 1863. La chasse royale fut en outre supprime aprs la premire reprsentation. Composed in 1858, the libretto of Hector Berlioz' opera Les Troyens was written by Berlioz himself. The fiveact French opera was based on Virgil's poem, The Aeneid. The story takes place in ancient Troy. For 10 years, the Greeks have laid siege to. Berlioz's visionary masterwork Les Troyens is as epic as the poem that inspired it and the themes that drive the story. It requires years of planning, hundreds of hours of rehearsals, more than 225 performers, and a virtual army of technical and creative staff to present this monumental piece. Berliozs colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forcesdozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the scoreplus a production that does visual justice to the work. Grand opra en cinq actes Paroles de Hector Berlioz, daprs les livres II et IV de lnide de Virgile Personnages. ne, hros troyen, fils de Vnus et dAnchise (tnor) Berliozs epic masterpiece retells the magnificent saga of the aftermath of the Trojan War and the exploits of Aeneas. Rising tenor Bryan Hymel, in his Met debut, stars as the hero charged by the gods with the founding of the city of Rome. Though Les Troyens suffered numerous cuts in its early years, and was divided by Berlioz into two shorter works, La prise de Troie and Les Troyens Carthage, much of the music was cut, including the famous ballet, Royal Hunt and Storm, and Berlioz died without ever hearing the opera in its entirety. modifier Les Troyens est un opra en cinq actes d Hector Berlioz sur un livret du compositeur, qui s'est inspir de l nide de Virgile. Il fut donn pour la premire fois, mutil de nombreuses manires les deux premiers actes supprims, divers morceaux galement coups, le tout tant prsent sous le titre Les Troyens Carthage le 4 novembre 1863 au Thtre. In 1854, Hector Berlioz confided in his memoirs that, For three years, I have been tormented by the idea of a vast opera for which I would like to write both words and music. the composer was to wait another two years before throwing himself into Les Troyens, an enterprise based on Virgils Aeneid: an ancient text that, galvanised. LouisHector Berlioz ( Both she and her husband were staunch supporters of Berlioz's music, and she was present at Berlioz's deathbed. Les Troyens was dropped by the Paris Opra with the excuse that it was too expensive to stage; it was replaced by Wagner's Tannhuser. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Berlioz: Les Troyens Thomas Beecham on AllMusic In Hector Berlioz: Mature career I: the massive twopart drama Les Troyens ( ), based on Virgils story of Dido and Aeneas, and the short, witty comedy Batrice et Bndict, written between 1860 and 1862 and based on Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing. The tenor Bryan Hymel in the Metropolitan Opera production of the Berlioz epic Les Troyens on Wednesday night. Credit Ken HowardMetropolitan Opera. But he was an experienced Aeneas, having. T hough it is one of the landmarks in 19thcentury French music, and one of the grandest of all grand operas, new versions of Les Troyens, Berliozs vast Virgilian epic, come along all too. Dment salus par Christophe Rizoud lors des reprsentations de concert de Strasbourg, voici ces Troyens l'preuve du disque. Au miroir grossissant de l'enregistrement, cette performance allaitelle dcevoir? Le contraire se produit: se rvle ici un sens dmiurgique de l'architecture de l'uvre et de sa signification qui emporte la conviction. Hector Berlioz, acting as a demiurge, has created his own version of Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid. For a long time Les Troyens was considered a musical behemoth and was divided into two distinct evenings ( Les Troyens Carthage and La Prise de Troie ). Les Troyens is a tour de force of music that ranges from fiery military marches to intense choruses, passionate soliloquies such as those of the prophetess Cassandre. Ces Troyens, longtemps considrs comme un monstre injouable et scinds en deux soires distinctes (Les Troyens Carthage puis La Prise de Troie), rsument les ambitions dmesures du compositeur franais, qui accouche dune fresque la hauteur de son gnie. The longawaited recording of The Trojans conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a French cast is the new release from SOMM this month and it goes without saying that it takes pride of place in the prestigious SOMM Beecham Collection. Typisch voor Berlioz is, dat hij zich ook door zijn andere literaire held Shakespeare liet inspireren tijdens het schrijven van Les Troyens. Heel duidelijk blijkt dat uit het liefdesduet tussen Dido en Aeneas in het vierde bedrijf, dat in feite een parafrase is van een tekst uit The Merchant of Venice van de grote Engelse toneelschrijver. Les Troyens is an opera in five acts and nine scenes by Hector Berlioz. The French composer died before he could hear his full work, as Napoleon III cancelled the performance at the Paris Opera. The French composer died before he could hear his full work. Buy Berlioz: Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz, Colin Davis, Royal Opera House Covent Garden from Amazon's Classical Music Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Performances of the complete opera Les Troyens in five acts as Berlioz intended, did not occur until the 20th century, and the first complete performance in Paris only occurred as lately as 11 October 2003 at the Thtre du Chtelet. We and our partners use cookies to deliver our services and to show you ads based on your interests. By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Read Presto's complete review of this recording here. This new Erato recording of the complete, uncut score of Les Troyens is drawn from two concert performances that took place over the Easter weekend in April 2017 in the city of Strasbourg in eastern France. One of the best opera releases of last year was a complete recording of Berliozs Les Troyens. Perhaps best of all is Joyce DiDonatos Didon, warm and sensual, her final pages truly the stuff of great tragedy. This new Erato recording of the complete, uncut score of Les Troyens is drawn from two concert performances that took place over the Easter weekend in April 2017 in. Berlioz: Les Troyens recording wins 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Opera Nominated in the 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Awards, Eratos album of Berliozs Les Troyens featuring Joyce DiDonato as Didon has won the opera category for awardwinning record. Considre comme la plus grande uvre romantique du rpertoire franais et l'uvre de sa vie pour Berlioz, Les Troyens est prsent Strasbourg en version de concert..