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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Pittsburgh Symphony will present one of its most spectacular shows of the season when more than 250 performers will crowd the stage for Hector Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust.” The French ...

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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Berlioz’s compelling take on the Faust legend returns for the first time in a decade, with an ideal lineup of stars. High-flying tenors Bryan Hymel and Michael Spyres sing the doomed and besotted ...