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 ...

This August, the Bard Music Festival returns for its 34th season with an intensive two-week exploration of “Berlioz and His World.” In eleven themed concert programs, the festival examines the life ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prepare for a heady double bill of iconic opera as Opera Orlando pits Berlioz against Mascagni (though not, sadly, in the ring). For two nights at Steinmetz — a venue made for this — Opera Orlando ...

The Shakespeare Opera Theatre, a new local company that presents simultaneous productions of the Bard’s work and an opera based on it, focused last weekend on “Much Ado About Nothing” and Hector ...