Name: Talk: Berlioz, Dreamer of Romantic Dreams
Start: 2024-09-25T18:30:00+01:00
Location: 1 Kildare Street, Dublin, Ireland 2

Talk: Berlioz, Dreamer of Romantic Dreams

Critic and writer Michael Dervan explores the life and work of nineteenth-century French composer Hector Berlioz.
He was a true original, whose unpredictable genius still stirs the deepest of passions. He famously blurred the boundaries between life and art, especially in his "Symphonie fantastique", a celebration of his five-year-long, unrequited passion that was prompted by seeing the Irish actress, Harriet Smithson in Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet".
One-hour illustrated talk in English.
Admission free, booking required:
https://www.alliance-francaise.ie/event-details/?eventId=1273
Irish National Opera gives a concert performance of his final opera, "Béatrice et Bénédict" on Tuesday on 1st October at the National Concert Hall.