Name: Béatrice et Bénédict
Start: 2019-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Bridgewater Hall

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Daniela Mack

Béatrice

Contralto

Elodie Méchain

Ursule

Tenor

Toby Spence

Bénédict

Baritone

Gareth Brynmor John

Claudio

Bass

Duncan Rock

Don Pedro

Darren Jeffery

The Archbishop

Conductor

Ludovic Morlot

Rachel Gilmore

Héro

BBC Philharmonic

Orchestra

Others

Crouch End Festival Chorus

Béatrice et Bénédict -  (Beatrice and Benedict)

Manchester

United Kingdom

The Bridgewater Hall

Berlioz - Béatrice et Bénédict: Concert

Public

Beatrice and Benedict

French

Approved

About This Event
As merry as the day is long, Hector Berlioz’s captivating comic opera is one of the most joyful operatic translations of Shakespeare from page to stage. Béatrice et Bénédict slims down the plot of Much Ado About Nothing to focus on the will-they-won’t they romance between the title characters, whose attraction to each other is the living, breathing antithesis of love at first sight.

Can the two bickering marital sceptics make peace – and love – with each other long enough to tie the knot? Ludovic Morlot – like Berlioz, a Frenchman – is tonight’s conductor.

Please note, this will be sung in French with surtitles.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble