LA DAMNATION DE FAUST / The Damnation of Faust, full opera by Hector Berlioz, Opéra National de Lyon

LA DAMNATION DE FAUST (The Damnation of Faust)
Music: Hector Berlioz
Libretto, after "Faust" by Goethe: Almire Gandonnière, Hector Berlioz
With excerpts from Goethe's Faust

Faust, Charles Workman
Marguerite, Kate Aldrich
Méphistophélès, Laurent Naouri
Brander, René Schirrer
Young Boy, Cléobule Perrot
Young Girl, Chloé Lefer

Orchestre, Choeurs et Maîtrise de l'Opéra de Lyon
Chef des Choeurs Philip White

Conductor, Kazushi Ono
Director, David Marton
Set Design, Christian Friedländer
Costume Design, Pola Kardum
Light Design, Henning Streck
Dramaturgy, Barbara Engelhardt

Opéra National de Lyon, 2015

[ohmy]

Christian Friedländer got it all and all singers showed they too got it all. Stunning becomes scanty here. Awesome singing, acting, conducting, orchestra players' performances, name-it. Award-winning.

[charlesbauer]

Came to listen to the music, but soon became captivated by the video that heightened my experience. Excellent performance, well done, with thanks for your creativity and talent.

[bobk]

I've never known what this is about even though I quite enjoy the soundtrack, and don't understand french, but this is so well done, I can finally follow the plot, even without subtitles. Beautifully staged and performed! (Just realized some of the dialogue is in English! cool!)

[Eric-chyu]

Le meilleur de Berlioz et à mon avis un des meilleurs opéras Français si ce n'est le meilleur (je sais c'est un oratorio à la base). Il n'y a que des tubes !

Mais je retourne à la version Markevitch.

[hesiode]

Conclusion : au vu de la mise en scène je ne mettrai jamais les pieds à l'opera de Lyon !
Au fait que vient faire la Turquie dans la légende de Faust ?

[robertssje]

Why do I hate Berlioz's music so much. I simply can't stand it. I went to see Les Troyens and walked out after the end of the intermiable first act. I have never walked out of an opera before or since. I apoligize to all Berlioz lovers but I just can’t get on board with the stuff.