Name: Prom 31: Berlioz – The Damnation of Faust
Start: 2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Organization

BBC Proms

Conductor

John Eliot Gardiner

Bass

Ashley Riches

Brander

Laurent Naouri

Mephistopheles

Soprano

Ann Hallenberg

Marguerite

Tenor

Michael Spyres

Faust

Orchestra

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Others

Monteverdi Choir

Trinity Boys Choir

French

Prom 31: Berlioz – The Damnation of Faust

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Prom 31: Berlioz – The Damnation of Faust: La Damnation de Faust Berlioz

Public

The Damnation of Faust

Approved

Part opera, part cantata, Berlioz’s ‘dramatic legend’ is an epic retelling of the Faust story that captures the extremes of man’s ambition and folly. Tenor Michael Spyres returns to the Proms in the title-role, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to the Proms with The Damnation of Faust, continuing his multi-season Berlioz series. Part opera, part cantata, this ‘dramatic legend’ is an epic retelling of the Faust story that captures the extremes of man’s ambition and folly in music by turns exquisite and grotesque.

American tenor Michael Spyres returns to the Proms in the title-role, with Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg as the innocent victim, Marguerite

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble