Tickets: Wheeler Opera House and Harris Concert Hall box offices; http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com Over the course of the Aspen Music Festival’s summer season ...

There are more oft-used, multi-syllabic descriptors for a night at the opera, but “cool” is not heard much within the walls of the Civic Opera House. Lyric’s modern staging of Hector Berlioz’s version ...

The musical and formal prodigality the composer drew in 1846 from a beloved French translation (by Gerald de Nerval) of Goethe’s Faust: Part 1 dooms every effort to refit the piece as a conventional ...

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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Saturday afternoon saw the return of Berlioz's DAMNATION OF FAUST to the ...

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 ...

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Among the musical versions of the Faust legend (including the operas of Gounod, Boito, and Busoni), Berlioz' Damnation of Faust is unique. Subtitled Dramatic Legend, it was not intended for actual ...

1 Damnation of Faust Evocation Using found imagery shot in a SoHo playground the first part of the Damnation of Faust trilogy explores the possible relations between childhood play and a woman looking ...

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 ...

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 ...