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Berlioz "The Trojans", Part 1
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  April 22, 2008 8:00 PM
  April 24, 2008 8:00 PM
  April 26, 2008 8:00 PM
  May 4, 2008 3:00 PM
Boston Symphony Orchestra
April 22, 2008 8:00 PM
Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
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Featured Artists
[James Levine]
James Levine
conductor
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[Marcello Giordani]
Marcello Giordani
tenor (Aeneas)
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[Yvonne Naef]
Yvonne Naef
mezzo-soprano (Cassandra)
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[Dwayne Croft]
Dwayne Croft
baritone (Chorebus)
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[Clayton Brainerd]
Clayton Brainerd
bass-baritone (Panthus)
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Kate Lindsey
mezzo-soprano (Ascanius)
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Jane Bunnell
mezzo-soprano (Hecuba)
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Ronald Naldi
tenor (Helenus)
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Eric Owens
bass (Ghost of Hector)
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Ensembles
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
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Program  Notes   Audio 
BERLIOZ
 The Trojans, Part 1 (The Capture of Troy)
Sung in French with English supertitles
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Sung in French with English supertitles

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About the Music

The Roman poet Virgil’s epic Aeneid served as the basis for Berlioz’s equally epic, five-act opera Les Troyens (The Trojans), the ultimate magnum opus of a composer who wrote a very many large-scale works. In these unprecedented concert performances by the BSO, each of the opera’s two parts will be performed in separate concerts; then both parts will be performed in the space of a single Sunday, with a dinner break in between. Part I, "The Capture of Troy", depicts the fall of Troy; Part II, "The Trojans at Carthage", depicts Aeneas at the court of Queen Dido in Carthage, their love affair, and his departure for Italy (leaving Dido emotionally shattered) to fulfill his destiny of founding Rome.
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