Name: La Damnation de Faust
Start: 2023-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Den Norske Opera

Organization

Conductor

Edward Gardner

Singer

Soprano

Julie Boulianne

Marguerite

Bass

Nicolas Courjal

Mephistopheles

Jens-Erik Aasbø

Brander

Tenor

Pavel Černoch

Faust

Den Norske Opera & Ballet

Others

Children's Chorus

Opera Chorus

Orchestra

Opera Orchestra

La Damnation de Faust -  (The Damnation of Faust)

Oslo

Norway

Den Norske Opera

Hovedscenen

La Damnation de Faust Berlioz

Public

The Damnation of Faust

Approved

“Where in all the world will I find what my life lacks?” asks Faust. But does he really want to die – or simply be freed from loneliness? Mephistopheles hears his cries and takes him on a journey to hell.  

A dramatic legend  
La Damnation de Faust is not entirely an opera and not entirely an oratorio. The composer called it a “dramatic legend”. He was a long-time admirer of Goethe’s Faust. In Goethe’s version, Doctor Faust is the anti-hero who is sent to heaven. But Berlioz shows no mercy to the one who sold his soul to the devil. In La Damnation de Faust, hell itself breaks loose in the orchestra. And it’s sinfully wonderful.

English

Hvor kan jeg finne det livet mitt mangler?» spør Faust. Men vil han egentlig dø – eller vil han bare bli befridd fra ensomheten? Mefisto hører hans rop og tar ham med på en helvetes reise.  

En dramatisk legende  
Faust fordømmelse er ikke helt en opera, og ikke helt et oratorium. Komponisten beskrev den som en «dramatisk legende». Han hadde lenge beundret Goethes Faust. Der er Doktor Faust en antihelt, som blir sendt til himmelen. Men Berlioz viste ingen nåde for ham som solgte sjelen sin til fanden. I Fausts fordømmelse braker selve helvetet løs i orkestret. Det er syndig deilig.

norsk

The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz, From (2023/2023), Conductor Edward Gardner, Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Norway

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