Berlioz

[ ber-lee-ohz; French ber-lyawz ]

noun

1. Louis Hec·tor [lwee-ek-, tawr], 1803–69, French composer.

Berlioz

/ ˈbɛəlɪˌəʊz; bɛrljoz /

noun

1. BerliozHector (Louis)18031869MFrenchMUSIC: composer Hector ( Louis ) (ɛktɔr). 1803–69, French composer, regarded as a pioneer of modern orchestration. His works include the cantata La Damnation de Faust (1846), the operas Les Troyens (1856–59) and Béatrice et Bénédict (1860–62), the Symphonie fantastique (1830), and the oratorio L'Enfance du Christ (1854)

Example Sentences

Inspired by a piece of music written by Hector Berlioz in 1830 and recorded by Leonard Bernstein in 1963 , Hedi Slimane’s men’s winter ’24 short film “Symphonie Fantastique” was shot early this year between the Mojave and Los Angeles, using a desolate desert road as its runway.

From Los Angeles Times

Ozawa often spoke about feeling liberation in the music of Berlioz.

From New York Times

She canceled the rest of the run, then moved on to Munich, where she had a long rehearsal period before she was supposed to sing her first Didon in Berlioz’s “Les Troyens.”

From New York Times

The conductor allegedly hit William Thomas after the bass singer left the podium on the wrong side during a concert last week at the Festival Berlioz in La Cote-Saint-Andre, southeastern France.

From Seattle Times

The incident occurred Tuesday night after a concert performance of the first two acts of Berlioz’s opera “Les Troyens” at the Festival Berlioz in La Côte-Saint-André in southeastern France.

From New York Times