BroadwayWorld

Metropolitan Opera Opens Rehearsal of LA DAMNATION de FAUST to the Public 11/4

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The second in a series of open rehearsals this season that are supported by Agnes ...
The Arts Desk

The Damnation of Faust, English National Opera

Faust (Peter Hoare) faced with the chance to get out of his head with Mephistopheles (Christopher Purves)All photos by Tristram Kenton for ENO But only an oddball visionary like Gilliam is going to ...
Variety

The Damnation of Faust

Taking his bow at the opening night curtain call of “The Damnation of Faust,” first-time opera helmer Terry Gilliam shrugged off applause and generously waved towards his creative team. As well he ...
The New Criterion

Berlioz bare, and beautiful

Once more, the Metropolitan Opera has presented The Damnation of Faust, Berlioz’s work. The last time I saw it at the Met, Olga Borodina was climbing a ladder, looking terribly grim. The great Russian ...
Berkshire Eagle

OPERA REVIEW: Vocal mastery in Bard's 'La Damnation de Faust'

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — Joshua Blue is made for French Romantic opera. The tenor’s ringing bell of a voice softened the consonants and enveloped the vowels in ways no other language would allow, ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: BERLIOZ's DAMNATION OF FAUST Returns To The Met

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Capital Public Radio

Met Opera: La Damnation de Faust

World Premiere: Opéra-Comique, Paris, 1846. Berlioz’s magnificent exploration of the Faust legend is a unique operatic journey. The visionary French composer was inspired by a bold translation of ...
The New York Times

BERLIOZ' DAMNATION OF FAUST GIVEN; An Elaborate Scenic Production of the Work at the Manhattan Opera. RENAUD MEPHISTOPHELES Messrs. Dalmores and Crabbe and Mme. Jomelli in the ...

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The New York Times

" DAMNATION OF FAUST" AT THE METROPOLITAN; First Performance in America in Operatic Form. ELABORATE SCENIC EFFECTS A Work That Has Little Dramatic Effect on the Stage, but Is ...

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Los Angeles Times

Devilishly alluring, in their own ways

Love, for Berlioz and Wagner, the two most radical composers of the 19th century, was so ecstatic a realm that they interpreted it as the main cause of damnation and redemption. For them, music was ...
KCRW

Damnation of Faust

I-m James Taylor and this is Theater Talk on KCRW. In 1827, a 24 year-old Frenchman named Hector Berlioz attended a production of Hamlet. He spoke no English but was mesmerized by the play and the ...