91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Dinis Sousa conducts Berlioz's The Trojans with his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, the Monteverdi Choir and a starry line-up of soloists.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Hector Berlioz: The Trojans

Acts 1 and 2

c. 5.30pm
Interval 1
Jeremy Sams talks to Martin Handley about how Berlioz came to write The Trojans and tells the story of its tortuous and frustrated journey to the stage. Plus, a sequence of music by composers Berlioz admired.

c. 6.10pm
Acts 3 and 4

c. 7.55pm
Interval 2
Classicist Natalie Haynes joins Martin Handley to discuss what we know about the history of Troy and the myths it has produced.

c. 8.25pm
Act 5

Iopas & Hylas....Laurence Kilsby (tenor)
Hècube....Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Hector/Sentinelle II/ Mercure/Narbal.... Alex Rosen (bass)
Cassandra....Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Aeneas....Michael Spyres (tenor)
Dido....Paula Murrihy (mezzo-soprano)
Coroebus....Lionel Lhote (baritone)
Ascanius....Adèle Charvet (soprano)
Priam.... Tristan Hambleton (bass-baritone)
Panthus....Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)
Anna....Beth Taylor (contralto)

The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Dinis Sousa (conductor)

Few musical spectacles are bigger or more overwhelming than Berlioz’s The Trojans – the five-act grand opera, retelling the story of the fall of Troy and the doomed love of Dido and Aeneas, that the composer saw as the pinnacle of his career. By turns monumental and heartbreakingly intimate – a cinematic epic before its time – the vast score reshapes Virgil’s Aeneid with unprecedented dramatic scope and intensity. The Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique bring love of Berlioz to the music, with the help of an outstanding cast that includes British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and American tenor Michael Spyres.

02.40 Act 1&2
1.27.57 Interval: Jeremy Sams joins Martin Handley
2.13.29 Act 3&4
3.55.45 Interval: Natalie Haynes joins Martin Handley
4.22.05 Act 5