Who composed the 1830 work `Symphonie Fantastique'?
Symphonie fantastique Symphonie fantastique Leonard Bernstein described the symphony as the first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature, and because history suggests Berlioz composed at least a portion of it under the influence of opium. According to Bernstein, "Berlioz tells it like it is. You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral." In 1831, Berlioz wrote a lesser-known sequel to the work, "Lélio", for actor, orchestra and chorus. "Symphonie fantastique" is a piece of program music that tells the story of an artist gifted with a lively imagination who has poisoned himself with
La Symphonie fantastique depicted are his life in a garret, while suffering from an illness due to an abscess in the throat; a visit from his mother who curses him; and the composition of the "Symphonie fantastique". The film then shows his marital breakdown, the premiere of his opera "Benvenuto Cellini", his travels throughout Europe, his second marriage to Marie Recio (called "Marie Martin" in the film), public acceptance in old age and reconciliation with his son. The film makes a vivid recreation of important public sites: a lecture theatre at the Faculty of Medicine, backstage at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Paris