'He's unpredictable; he has his way of playing the orchestra, hearing the orchestra – it's his temperament: nothing is ever the same, he never stops searching." This could be a description of Valery ...

Step into a story of romance, obsession, and imagination as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra presents Berlioz’s Symphonie ...

THAT M. Adolphe Jullien should have followed up his Life of Wagner with a similar Life of Berlioz 1 is one of the things which, as he himself more than half admits, may fairly be called fated. As a ...

Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic offered a timely reminder of Berlioz’s astonishing gifts as a choral and orchestral writer Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust has long been described as a work ...

Berlioz's spectacular Symphonie fantastique is truly fantastic, says Jane Jones. I think this really is a fantastic symphony – not only in name. This was the first of four symphonies that Berlioz ...

Berlioz’s compelling take on the Faust legend returns to The Met for the first time in a decade, with an ideal line-up of stars. Tenor Michael Spyres is the doomed and besotted Faust, opposite ...

To mark the sesquicentennial of the composer's death — and a new box set of recordings — Berlioz biographer David Cairns celebrates the... Fans of Hector Berlioz — and record companies, it appears — ...

Why is it human nature to want what we can’t have? In 1827, the 23-year-old Hector Berlioz attended a performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Odéon Theatre in Paris; Harriet Smithson, a charismatic ...

Director Terry Gilliam gestures on the red carpet for his movie "The Zero Theorem" at the 70th Venice Film Festival in Venice September 2, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi By Michael Roddy LONDON ...

For sheer musical fearlessness - the willingness to explode the traditional boundaries of form and harmony, the eagerness to make a huge impact through innovative approaches - Hector Berlioz is your ...

Act One ends with "Serene and Peaceful Night," a gentle duet for Hero and Ursula (sopranos Nathalie Manfrino and Elodie Mechain). While strolling in the moonlight, they reflect on the delights ...

Fans of Hector Berlioz — and record companies, it appears — need no excuse to celebrate the music of the pioneering French composer and quick-witted music critic. The sesquicentennial of Berlioz's ...