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	Les Troyens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Les Troyens (in English: The Trojans) is a French opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz.
		'Les Troyens" was performed in 1990, as the the first opera to be performed for thr opening of the new Bastille Opera in Paris.
		To mark the centenary of Berlioz's birth in 2003, Les Troyens was revived in productions at the Théâtre du Châtelet Paris (conducted by John Eliot Gardiner), Amsterdam (conducted by Edo de Waart), and at the Metropolitan Opera (with the highly acclaimed American mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberman as Dido).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Les_Troyens (1046 words)

	Les Troyens
		Les Troyens is technically speaking a number opera, yet within the scenes the advance of the long, intricate story is aggressive and seldom interrupted.
		Les Troyens à Carthage was after all a compromise, accepted as a necessity by a composer who imagined his weeks to be numbered; La Prise de Troie was never more than a title of convenience.
		To imagine Les Troyens as a succession of two self-contained operas is not merely to embrace a historical accident but to miss the opera's point.
	hector.ucdavis.edu /Berlioz2003/ProgNotes/133TroySyn.htm (3463 words)

	The Hector Berlioz Website - Les Troyens
		They are based on sketches of stage sets intended for performances of Les Troyens in 1863 (in the event the first two acts were not performed).
		Les Troyens received its first performance on 4 November 1863 at the recently opened Théâtre-Lyrique, and then ran for a total of 21 performances until 20 December.
		But it was not the performance that Berlioz had intended: Les Troyens had been meant for the Opéra, the only theatre in Paris with the resources capable of staging adequately the work.
	www.hberlioz.com /Troyens/LesTroyens-e.htm (781 words)

	Berlioz Les Troyens
		Written between 1856 to 1858 and revised up to 1863, Les Troyens was Berlioz’s largest and most ambitious work, and the summation of his entire artistic career.
		This piece was not part of Berlioz’s original design, in which the work was conceived as one single opera in five acts, but resulted from the compromise forced on Berlioz by the realisation that he would have to settle for a truncated version if he was ever going to see the work staged in Paris.
		At the height of the festivities and the seeming happiness of Dido and Aeneas, the prevailing note of regret and loss struck by the music seems to hint at the tragedy that is to follow.
	www.hberlioz.com /Scores/stroyens.htm (1770 words)

	Les Troyens Met 1983 reports and review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Met is performing Berlioz's massive and demanding "Les Troyens" to begin its anniversary season, and Mr.
		This "Troyens" differs in important respects from the one that Schuyler G. Chapin and Rafael Kubelik presented a decade ago in their first grand stroke as general manager and music director, respectively.
		This was a complete, uncut "Troyens", which must make Berlioz happy, wherever he is. The history of his most ambitious opera is one of cuts, revisions, compromises and disappointments.
	www.tenorissimo.com /domingo/Articles/ny091783.htm (2204 words)

	Amazon.ca: Les Troyens Comp [Box set]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the case of Les Troyens, I have listened to this set, the Decca Dutoit set, the Davis LSO Live series - the 3 top contenders for the title of "Best Les Troyens on Record".
		Les Troyens is his paean to Dido and to classical civilization in general.
		Les Troyens has become increasingly popular in the last 30 years, and there is some competition, particularly on DVD.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000040Y0 (1848 words)

	Opera japonica/DVD Reviews
		Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Karl Böhm at the Kleines Festspielhaus, Salzburg (1966)
		Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Georg Solti and directed by Giorgio Strehler, Paris (1980)
		Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Paolo Olmi and directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent, Lyon (1987)
	www.operajaponica.org /dvdreviews.htm (968 words)

	Amazon.com: Berlioz - Les Troyens / Lakes · Pollet · Voigt · Quilico · Courtis · Perraguin · Ainsley · Dutoit: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Berlioz - Les Troyens / Lakes · Pollet · Voigt · Quilico · Courtis · Perraguin · Ainsley · Dutoit
		In the absence of Colin Davis's pioneering Les Troyens recording on Philips (temporary, one hopes), Charles Dutoit's more recent 1993 outing with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus gives a vital, idiomatically French account of the opera, despite mixed success with the singers.
		With the release of Colin Davis' new recording of Les Troyens there are now two superb recordings of this opera.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000424M?v=glance (1678 words)

	PlaybillArts: Features: Beneath the Walls of Troy
		Albert Innaurato examines Berlioz’ timeless masterwork Les Troyens as the Met honors the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
		Commenting on the world premiere of Les Troyens, or at least the part of it that was presented, the composer Charles Gounod said of Berlioz that, "like his great namesake, Hector, he died beneath the walls of Troy." Not literally, the sixty-year-old Berlioz lived another six years and his international career continued.
		If Berlioz has joined the shades of Shakespeare and Virgil in some great creator's beyond, he would find it thrilling but appropriate that this opera was chosen by the Metropolitan to honor the 200th anniversary of his birth.
	www.playbillarts.com /features/article/38.html (1346 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Les Troyens - Hector Berlioz [2004]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A tragic tale of love and fate, war and peace and the intertwined destinies of two cities, the opera is based on Virgil's imperial vision of the founding myth of Rome.
		This new production of Les Troyens at the Chatelet had been one of the major events in the celebrations for the 200th birthday of one of France's greatest composers, Hector Berlioz.
		Les Troyens is one of the greatest masterpieces of 19th century opera, one that stands alongside with Verdi's 'Otello' and Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde'.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002TTTHO (638 words)

	Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens
		Berlioz composed Les Troyens towards the end of his life, drawing on Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid, which he had admired since his childhood.
		As soon as the libretto was finished he composed the love duet in Act IV, “Nuit d’ivresse et d’extase infinie”, and then devoted the next two years to the composition of the rest, five acts in all.
		The score was finished in April 1858, but he was unable to persuade the Paris Opera to mount it (his earlier opera Benvenuto Cellini had been a failure there in 1838), and eventually he agreed to allow the last three acts to be performed under the title Les Troyens Carthage.
	www.baerenreiter.com /html/vosco/les_troyens.htm (723 words)

	Classical Net Review - Berlioz - Les Troyens
		As I write this notice, reviews on this Les Troyens are still coming in, all so far lavishing it with high praise.
		Les Troyens, viewed by many as the composer's greatest opera, is a work that can still fuel controversy about Berlioz' artistic standing.
		In the end then, Berlioz' Les Troyens, extravagant though it may be in some respects, must be judged an artistic success, especially as presented here.
	www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/b/bbc00899dvda.html (384 words)

	Gift Horse
		No production of Les Troyens will solve all of its challenges, but the new one, directed by Francesca Zambello and designed by the late Maria Bjørnson, does represent an improvement over the clumsy compromises of the Met’s previous staging.
		Equally misconceived is the awkward aerial ballet during the Royal Hunt and Storm interlude, as dancing doubles for Dido and Aeneas perform a high-wire act.
		In the meantime, the miraculous score is nobly treated by Levine and a superior cast of singers, and for that alone, the Met’s efforts on behalf of Berlioz deserved all the opening-night bravos.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/arts/music/classical/reviews/n_8380 (1280 words)

	Classical Net Review - Berlioz/Ravel/Fauré - Les Nuits d'été, Les Troyens/Pavane/Elégie
		There's a precedent for having at least part of Berlioz's song-cycle Les Nuits d'été sung by a man, but I wager that this is the first time it's been sung by a countertenor in its entirety.
		David Daniels is no ordinary countertenor, of course, and having made an impression in the Baroque repertoire, it shows admirable chutzpah for him to have taken on Berlioz.
		He doesn't sing this cycle as meaningfully and as magnificently as Crespin, nor does he have her assertiveness, nor her innate feeling for the sound of the French texts, yet, in the end, Daniels's version can't be compared with anyone else's, and it is a must for anyone who loves this music.
	www.classical.net /~music/recs/reviews/v/vir45646a.html (409 words)

	Berlioz - Les Troyens / Graham, Antonacci, Kunde, Tezier, Naouri, Pokupic, Gardiner, Chatelet Opera - zonExplorer
		It is hard to understand why this production went to such lengths to restore the period orchestral sound, then dress Dido in one of Laura Bush's left over gowns.
		Although this is a wonderful production of "Les Troyens" a few things bugged me to no end.
		So, in sum, a gem of a release that will put the way other companies present opera on dvd to shame, and a singular rendition of a key XIX Century opera seldom encountered in theatres today (and altogeher unjustly) in view of its demands.
	www.celtic-one-design.com /php/B0002TTTHO.htm (601 words)

	AllRefer.com - Jessye Norman (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Augusta, Ga. Making her early reputation in Europe, Norman won the Munich competition in 1968, debuted in TannhAuser in 1969 with the Berlin Opera, and was a great success as AIda at Milan's La Scala and London's Covent Garden in 1972.
		She made her American debut in 1982 as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex and her Metropolitan Opera debut the following year as Cassandra in Les Troyens.
		A majestic diva and extremely successful recording artist, she is praised for her enormous vocal power, tonal warmth, and clarity of diction.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NormanJs.html (255 words)

	Amazon.com: Berlioz: Les Troyens: Music: Hector Berlioz,Sir Colin Davis,Ben Heppner,Michelle DeYoung,Peter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From the opening bars, this Les Troyens announces the confidence that experience with Berlioz' opera has given Sir Colin Davis.
		Ben Heppner has sung the role of Aeneas at the Met more recently and he is every inch the heroic tenor that is demanded by the role.
		My first Les Troyens was the Dutoit version which is superbly played and sung except for the weak voice of Gary Lakes.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000063DQA?v=glance (2522 words)

	Les Troyens Movie: Les Troyens DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Les Troyens Movie: Les Troyens DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Herbert Wernicke directed this 2000 production of Berlioz's famed opera, Les Troyens (The Trojans).
		Starring in the production are Deborah Polasky as Dido/Cassandra and John Villars as Aeneas.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/807280035193BT (46 words)

	Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz at La Scala
		review of les troyens by Culturekiosque, the European guide to arts and leisure worldwide by international journalists and critics
		Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz at La Scala...
		Since 1996, Culturekiosque's editorial mission has been to bring you unique coverage of the arts and culture worldwide with European sophistication and flair.
	www.culturekiosque.com /opera/reviews/troy.htm (240 words)

	National Review: Berlioz: Les Troyens. (Regine Crespin, Guy Chau... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Les Troyens Like another Hector, Hector Berlioz is said to have perished under the walls of Troy--more specifically in Les Troyens, his last work.
		No composer so full of the joie de vivre and the joie de combattre would have languished because of his critics.
		(They had assailed him before without sending him into the wings on his shield.) Highlights from the opera, in a Paris recording, demonstrate that Les Troyens is vintage Berlioz.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:9169517&... (255 words)

	Les Troyens (1983)
		The story of Les Troyens is well-known--taken from the Aeneid, Les Troyens covers the fall of Troy in a mere four hours.
		If you simply want to enjoy the music of Les Troyens or are addicted to all things related to Greek myth, this version is a good buy.
		If, however, you wanted to attempt to immerse yourself into the entire opera experience with pageantry, pathos, ethos, and dazzling visual components, then you're better off hoping your local opera theatre puts this one on.
	www.needcoffee.com /html/dvd/ltroyens.htm (586 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Berlioz: Les Troyens [Box set]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is Colin Davis's second recording of Les Troyens, following his 1969 version.
		Ben Heppner combines lyricism with heroic strength as Aeneas; Michelle de Young as Dido, though not erasing memories of Janet Baker' s brilliance in the role, produces a ravishing, creamy sound.
		These CD's are a live recording of performances of Les Troyens given at the Barbican last December.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000063DQA (1144 words)

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	www.imagemogul.com /im/opera/ae1030c.html (268 words)

	Opera Review: 'Les Troyens' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		'LES TROYENS' Love Burns in Carthage, Destiny Calls in Rome By ANTHONY TOMMASINI oseph Volpe, the pugnacious general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, hates making the same mistake twice.
		So you might have thought that after the directorFrancesca Zambello, in her 1992 Met debut, turned a new production of the Donizetti favorite "Lucia di Lammermoor" into what was widely deemed a symbolism-strewn fiasco, she would be finished in Mr.
	www.webprowire.com /summaries/395123.html (225 words)

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