"result is a snapshot of Restoration comic tastes. Beatrice and Benedick are brought in to parallel Claudio and Hero; the emphasis throughout is on witty conversation, and Shakespeare's thematic focus on lust is steadily downplayed. The play ends with three marriages: Benedick's to Beatrice, Claudio's to Hero, and Isabella's to an Angelo whose attempt on Isabella's virtue was a ploy. Davenant wrote many of the bridging scenes and recast much of Shakespeare's verse as heroic couplets. A final feature of Restoration stagecraft impacted productions of Shakespeare. The taste for opera that the exiles had developed in France made its mark"
"Béatrice et Bénédict Béatrice et Bénédict (""Beatrice and Benedick"") is an opéra comique in two acts by Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote the French libretto himself, based closely on Shakespeare's ""Much Ado About Nothing"". Berlioz had been interested in setting Shakespeare's comedy since his return from Italy in 1833, but only composed the score of ""Béatrice et Bénédict"" following the completion of ""Les Troyens"" in 1858. It was first performed at the opening of the Theater Baden-Baden on 9 August 1862. Berlioz conducted the first two performances of a German version in Weimar in 1863, where, as he wrote in his"
"no longer the normal practice to present it across two evenings. ""Les Troyens"", in Holoman's view, embodies the composer's artistic creed: the union of music and poetry holds ""incomparably greater power than either art alone"". The last of Berlioz's operas is the Shakespearean comedy ""Béatrice et Bénédict"" (1862), written, the composer said, as a relaxation after his efforts with ""Les Troyens"". He described it as ""a caprice written with the point of a needle"". His libretto, based on ""Much Ado About Nothing"", omits Shakespeare's darker sub-plots and replaces the clowns Dogberry and Verges with an invention of his own, the"
"Hector Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (; ; 11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer. His output includes orchestral works such as the ""Symphonie fantastique"" and ""Harold in Italy"", choral pieces including the Requiem and ""L'enfance du Christ"", his three operas ""Benvenuto Cellini"", ""Les Troyens"" and ""Béatrice et Bénédict"", and works of hybrid genres such as the ""dramatic symphony"" ""Roméo et Juliette"" and the ""dramatic legend"" ""La damnation de Faust"". The elder son of a provincial doctor, Berlioz was expected to follow his father into medicine, and he attended a Parisian medical college before defying his family"
"to be the culmination of the French Classical tradition of Gluck and Spontini. Predictably, it failed to make the stage, at least in its complete, four-hour form. For that, it would have to wait until the second half of the twentieth century, fulfilling the composer's prophecy, ""If only I could live till I am a hundred and forty, my life would become decidedly interesting"". Berlioz's third and final opera, the Shakespearean comedy ""Béatrice et Bénédict"" (1862), was written for a theatre in Germany, where audiences were far more appreciative of his musical innovation. Berlioz was not the only one discontented"
"a play by William Shakespeare, while some are named after characters from ""Robinson Crusoe"", ""Moby Dick"" and others after general nautical or island-based literature. The name of Beatrice, Snicket's dedicatee, may be an allusion to the poem ""La Beatrice"" by Charles Baudelaire. The poem references an ""actor without a job,"" like the actor Count Olaf. The poem also begins with the line ""In a burnt, ash-grey land without vegetation,"" similar to the Baudelaire mansion burning down at the beginning of the series. The name Beatrice could also be an allusion to Italian poet Dante. Dante dedicated all of his works"
"sometimes been judged unfavourably because of its perceived liberties with Shakespeare; however, Bellini and his librettist, Felice Romani, worked from Italian sources—principally Romani's libretto for ""Giulietta e Romeo"" by Nicola Vaccai—rather than directly adapting Shakespeare's play. Among later operas, there is Heinrich Sutermeister's 1940 work ""Romeo und Julia"". ""Roméo et Juliette"" by Berlioz is a ""symphonie dramatique"", a large-scale work in three parts for mixed voices, chorus, and orchestra, which premiered in 1839. Tchaikovsky's ""Romeo and Juliet"" Fantasy-Overture (1869, revised 1870 and 1880) is a 15-minute symphonic poem, containing the famous melody known as the ""love theme"". Tchaikovsky's device of"
"Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz) Roméo et Juliette is a ""symphonie dramatique,"" a large-scale choral symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, which was first performed on 24 November 1839. The libretto was written by Émile Deschamps, and the completed work was assigned the catalogue numbers Op. 17 and H. 79. It is based on Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet""; it is regarded as one of Berlioz's finest works, and it is among the most original in form. The score is Berlioz's most comprehensive and detailed programmatic piece. Initial inspiration came from a performance he witnessed in 1827 of ""Romeo and Juliet"""
"changes from Shakespeare's play, both in the version Berlioz worked from, and subsequent cuts he and his librettist made. Berlioz's composition was heavily influenced by the play he had seen acted by Charles Kemble and Harriet Smithson in 1827, which had been rewritten by the 18th century actor David Garrick to have Juliet awaken from her deathlike sleep before Romeo's death from (a much slower acting) poison. Berlioz enlisted the services of author Emile Deschamps to write the libretto. Between them they also left out the character of the nurse and expanded Shakespeare's brief mention of the two families' reconciliation"
"Berenice (opera) Berenice (HWV 38) is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to a 1709 Antonio Salvi libretto, ""Berenice, regina d’Egitto"", or ""Berenice, Queen of Egypt"". Handel began the music in December 1736; the premiere took place at Covent Garden Theatre in London on 18 May 1737 — but was unsuccessful, with just three further performances. Set circa 81 B.C., ""Berenice"" traces the life of Cleopatra, who was Berenice III of Egypt and daughter of Ptolemy IX, the main character in another Handel opera, ""Tolomeo"". The German-born Handel, after spending some of his early career composing operas"
"co-productions. At the beginning of the 1990s the theater was completely renovated and equipped with modern technology. The theater is one of the venues of the ""New Pop Festival"". The premises, especially the foyer, can be rented for weddings and other events. Theater Baden-Baden Theater Baden-Baden at Goetheplatz is the city theater of Baden-Baden in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. At the instigation of Edouard Bénazet, a former casino director, the theater was modeled on the Paris Opera by Charles Couteau. Especially for the opening in August 1862 Hector Berlioz composed the opera ""Béatrice et Bénédict"" after Shakespeare's ""Much Ado About Nothing"". In"
"he pursued her obsessively until she finally accepted him seven years later. Their marriage was happy at first but eventually foundered. Harriet inspired his first major success, the ""Symphonie fantastique"", in which an idealised depiction of her occurs throughout. Berlioz completed three operas, the first of which, ""Benvenuto Cellini"", was an outright failure. The second, the huge epic ""Les Troyens"" (The Trojans), was so large in scale that it was never staged in its entirety during his lifetime. His last opera, ""Béatrice et Bénédict""based on Shakespeare's comedy ""Much Ado About Nothing""was a success at its premiere but did not enter"
"memoirs, he was ""overwhelmed by all sorts of kind attention."" It is the first notable version of Shakespeare's play in operatic form, and was followed by works by among others Árpád Doppler, Paul Puget and Reynaldo Hahn. Berlioz biographer David Cairns has written: ""Listening to the score's exuberant gaiety, only momentarily touched by sadness, one would never guess that its composer was in pain when he wrote it and impatient for death"". Berlioz described the premiere of ""Béatrice et Bénédict"" as a ""great success"" in a letter to his son Louis; he was particularly taken with the performance of Charton-Demeur"
"of love in this exchange: Gremio and Tranio literally bid for Bianca. As Baptista says, ""'Tis deeds must win the prize, and he of both/That can assure my daughter greatest dower/Shall have my Bianca's love"" (2.1.344–346). The first opera based on the play was Ferdinando Bertoni's opera buffa ""Il duca di Atene"" (1780), with libretto by Carlo Francesco Badini. Frederic Reynolds' ""Catherine and Petruchio"" (1828) is an adaptation of Garrick, with an overture taken from Gioachino Rossini, songs derived from numerous Shakespeare plays and sonnets, and music by John Braham and Thomas Simpson Cooke. Starring Fanny Ayton and James William"
"Benvenuto Cellini (opera) Benvenuto Cellini is an opera semiseria in two acts with music by Hector Berlioz and libretto by Léon de Wailly and Henri Auguste Barbier. It was the first of Berlioz's operas, premiered at the Académie Royale de Musique (Salle Le Peletier) on 10 September 1838. The story is inspired by the memoirs of the Florentine sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, although the elements of the plot are largely fictional. The opera is technically very challenging and rarely performed. However, the overture to the opera sometimes features in symphony orchestra programs, as does the concert overture ""Le carnaval romain"" which"
"escape the persecution of King Herod, which was first published in 1852. This became the core of the oratorio ""L'enfance du Christ"". ""Béatrice et Bénédict"". Overture to the opera of the same name, composed in 1862. ""Les Troyens à Carthage: Prologue"" (The Trojans at Carthage: Prologue) Berlioz's epic opera ""Les Troyens"" was never performed complete during his lifetime. In an attempt to have the opera staged by the Théâtre Lyrique in 1863, he split it into two parts, with acts 1 and 2 becoming ""La prise de Troie"" (""The Capture of Troy"") and acts 3–5 ""Les Troyens à Carthage"". Only"
"art of Shakespeare and intensity by a highly charged occasion and performance."" His obsession prompted him to compose the ""Symphonie Fantastique,"" which is known as the first great romantic symphony. Berlioz discovered Smithson at the Odéon Theatre performing the roles of Juliet Capulet and Ophelia and immediately fell in love with her. He persistently sent her letters despite never having met her. For a brief period, he lived in an apartment whence he could see her return home and watch her until she went to sleep. She ignored all of his advances until 1832, when she was invited to a"
"Roman plays ""Coriolanus"", ""Julius Caesar"", and ""Antony and Cleopatra"". Another tragedy ""King Lear"", is based on British legend, as is the romanc ""Cymbeline, King of Britain"", which is set in Ancient Britain. Other playwrights contemporary to Shakespeare, such as Christopher Marlowe, also dramatized historical topics. Marlowe wrote ""Edward the Second"" which deals with the deposition of King Edward II by his barons and the Queen, who resent the undue influence the king's favourites have in court and state affairs, and ""The Massacre at Paris"", which dramatizes the events of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in France in 1572. Marlowe's ""Tamburlaine"
"his Conservatoire professors, the directors of the Opéra and Opéra-Comique, and the composers Auber and Hérold, Berlioz's fascination with Shakespeare's plays prompted him to start learning English during 1828, so that he could read them in the original. At around the same time he encountered two further creative inspirations: Beethoven and Goethe. He heard Beethoven's third, fifth and seventh symphonies performed at the Conservatoire, and read Goethe's ""Faust"" in Gérard de Nerval's translation. Beethoven became both an ideal and an obstacle for Berlioz – an inspiring predecessor but a daunting one. Goethe's work was the basis of ""Huit scènes de"
"the original than the words of my pale and garbled translation could do. The range of feeling and mood as well as poetic and formal invention which Berlioz found in Shakespeare had a strong influence on his music, making a direct musical setting of Shakespeare's work only natural. In fact, he had been planning a musical realisation of ""Romeo and Juliet"" for a long time before 1838, but other projects intervened. Emile Deschamps (the librettist of the work) says that he and Berlioz worked out a plan for the symphony shortly after the Odéon's 1827/28 season. Indeed, it may be"
"Berenice (play) Berenice () is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. ""Berenice"" was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after ""Phèdre"", ""Andromaque"" and ""Britannicus"". It was premiered on 21 November 1670 by the Comédiens du Roi at the Hôtel de Bourgogne. Racine seems to have chosen the subject in competition with Pierre Corneille, who was working on his drama ""Tite et Bérénice"" at the same time. The subject was taken from the Roman historian Suetonius, who recounts the story of the Roman emperor"
"Anthony Burgess' translation of Edmond Rostand's ""Cyrano de Bergerac"" and Beatrice in William Shakespeare's ""Much Ado About Nothing,"" directed by Terry Hands. The production of ""Cyrano de Bergerac"" was later filmed in 1985. ""Much Ado"" was first produced at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1982–83, then moved to London's Barbican Theatre for the 1983–1984 season where it was joined by ""Cyrano"", before both plays transferred to New York's Gershwin Theatre from October 1984 to January 1985, for which Cusack received a Tony Award nomination for her performance as Beatrice, and costar Jacobi won the award for his Benedick."
"by Bob Ellis and Michael Boddy ) in 1970. The production featured Robyn Nevin and Kate Fitzpatrick. In 2009 Bell directed the opera ""Madama Butterfly"" for Oz Opera; this production toured throughout Australia. In 1990, Bell founded the theatre company Bell Shakespeare and has produced, among others, ""Hamlet"", ""Romeo and Juliet"", ""The Taming of the Shrew"", ""Richard III"", ""Pericles"", ""Henry IV"", ""Henry V"", ""Julius Caesar"", ""Antony and Cleopatra"", ""The Comedy of Errors"", ""The Merchant of Venice"", ""The Tempest"", ""King Lear"", and Goldoni's ""Servant of Two Masters"". His roles for the company include Shylock, Richard III, Macbeth, Malvolio, Coriolanus, Leontes, Prospero,"
"L'enfance du Christ L'enfance du Christ (""The Childhood of Christ""), Opus 25, is an oratorio by the French composer Hector Berlioz, based on the Holy Family's flight into Egypt (see Gospel of Matthew 2:13). Berlioz wrote his own words for the piece. Most of it was composed in 1853 and 1854, but it also incorporates an earlier work ""La fuite en Egypte"" (1850). It was first performed at the Salle Herz, Paris on 10 December 1854, with Berlioz conducting and soloists from the Opéra-Comique: Jourdan (Récitant), Depassio (Hérode), the couple Meillet (Marie and Joseph) and Bataille (Le père de famille)."
"Theater Baden-Baden Theater Baden-Baden at Goetheplatz is the city theater of Baden-Baden in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. At the instigation of Edouard Bénazet, a former casino director, the theater was modeled on the Paris Opera by Charles Couteau. Especially for the opening in August 1862 Hector Berlioz composed the opera ""Béatrice et Bénédict"" after Shakespeare's ""Much Ado About Nothing"". In 1869 Jacques Offenbach conducted the premiere of his operetta ""La princesse de Trébizonde"". Since 1918 the theater has had an ensemble of permanently employed actors. Opera and other works of the musical theater are also performed as part of guest performances and"
"La damnation de Faust La damnation de Faust (English: ""The Damnation of Faust""), Op. 24 is a work for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a ""légende dramatique"" (dramatic legend). It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 6 December 1846. The French composer was inspired by a translation of Goethe's dramatic poem ""Faust"" and produced a musical work that, like the masterpiece on which it is based, defies easy categorisation. Conceived at various times as a free-form oratorio and as an opera (Berlioz"
"December 1838, the great virtuoso had publicly knelt before Berlioz and hailed him as the heir of Beethoven. Paganini died shortly after, and did not read or hear the piece. Berlioz used the money primarily to repay his debts, and afterwards was still left with ""a handsome sum of money"", which he used to allow himself to put his full focus towards working on ""a really important work"", unobstructed by his usual time-consuming obligations as a critic. Berlioz finished the score on 8 September 1839. The work's libretto is not sourced from the original plays, and as a result contains"
"another of Shakespeare's Roman plays, ""Antony and Cleopatra."" The main source of the play is Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's ""Lives"". Shakespeare deviated from these historical facts to curtail time and compress the facts so that the play could be staged more easily. The tragic force is condensed into a few scenes for heightened effect. ""Julius Caesar"" was originally published in the First Folio of 1623, but a performance was mentioned by Thomas Platter the Younger in his diary in September 1599. The play is not mentioned in the list of Shakespeare's plays published by Francis Meres in 1598. Based"
"music. According to a French correspondent at the time, Ottoboni ""interfered"" considerably in the writing process of the libretto for ""Tito and Berenice"", making numerous modifications. Although only Capece's name appears on the printed libretto published by Bernabò for the 1714 premiere, some sources credit Ottoboni as a co-author. The libretto borrowed and mixed plot elements from two earlier French plays, Corneille's ""Tite et Bérénice"" and Racine's ""Berenice"", both of which were inspired by Suetonius's brief account in ""De vita Caesarum"" of the love affair between the Jewish queen Berenice of Cilicia and the future Roman Emperor Titus. All the"
"with the execution of Christians by damnatio ad bestias. Julius Caesar (play) The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar) is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include ""Coriolanus"" and ""Antony and Cleopatra"". Although the play is named ""Julius Caesar"", Brutus speaks more than four times as many lines as the title character; and the central psychological drama of the play focuses on Brutus' struggle between the conflicting"
"The Merchant of Venice (opera) The Merchant of Venice is an opera by André Tchaikowsky (1935–1982) to a libretto, based on the Shakespeare play, by John O'Brien. Written between 1968 and 1982, it was first performed in 2013 at the Bregenz Festival. The British premiere was presented by the Welsh National Opera in September 2016. Tchaikowsky, who was based in England after the 1950s, was a great admirer of Shakespeare, and was able to recite large stretches of his works from memory. His compositions include settings of seven of Shakespeare's ""Sonnets"", songs from ""The Tempest"", and incidental music for ""Hamlet""."
"""Hamlet"" on 11 September 1827, Berlioz fell in love with the Irish actress Harriet Smithson who had played the role of Ophelia. He sent her numerous love letters, all of which went unanswered. When she left Paris, they had still not met. Berlioz then wrote ""Symphonie fantastique"" as a way to express his unrequited love. Harriet did not attend the premiere in 1830, but she heard the work in 1832 and realized Berlioz's genius. The two finally met and were married on 3 October 1833. However, their marriage became increasingly bitter, and they eventually separated after several years of unhappiness."
"Les Troyens Les Troyens (in English: ""The Trojans"") is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the "" Aeneid""; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ""Les Troyens"" is Berlioz's most ambitious work, the summation of his entire artistic career, but he did not live to see it performed in its entirety. Under the title ""Les Troyens à Carthage"", the last three acts were premièred with many cuts by Léon Carvalho's company, the Théâtre Lyrique, at their theatre (now the Théâtre de la Ville) on"