Thursday, May 1, 2008
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
1:00 pm; Free and open to the public.

1:00-2:30 - Literary Connections
Berlioz and the Aeneid: Richard Thomas (Harvard University)
Les Troyens The Undoing of Opera: Daniel Albright (Harvard University)

2:45-3:30 - Les Troyens in Performance: Historical Perspectives
Robert Dennis, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University
Mark Mandel, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano

3:45-5:00 - Paris in the 1860s, the Theatre Lyrique, and Berlioz Les Troyens: a round table discussion
Peter Bloom, Smith College
D. Kern Holoman, University of California, Davis
Hugh Macdonald, Washington University in St. Louis
Benjamin Schwartz, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Moderator

5:15-6:30 - Performing Les Troyens Today: a round table discussion
James Levine, Boston Symphony Orchestra Musical Director
John Oliver, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Dwayne Croft, baritone
Thomas Forrest Kelly, Harvard University, Moderator

Presented in conjunction with the BSO's performance of Les Troyens 4/22-24, 26, 30 and May 2, 4. Sponsored by the BSO, Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies and the Harvard University Department of Music.