La damnation de Faust

...Filianoti on Donizetti's "Elixir of Love." Feb. 16: Berlioz's "The Damnation of Faust" is explored by singers Susan Graham and Paul Groves, director Stephen Langridge and conductor Davis. March 1: Danielle de Niese and Kyle Ketelsen...

In this article: Chicago, Andrew Davis, Tosca, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Emmanuel Villaume

...Bihari between 1809-20. Hector Berlioz included the music in his composition "The Damnation of Faust" in 1846, and Franz Liszt wrote a number of arrangements, including his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, based on the theme. Pianist Vladimir...

In this article: Francis Rakoczi II, Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, Kalman Thaly, The Damnation of Faust, Sandor Petofi, Vladimir Horowitz, Janos Bihari, and Ferenc Kolcsey

...lived from 1803 to 1869), Dutoit's interpretations have been among the most admired. He has conducted Damnation of Faust in the Americas, Europe and Asia. In recent years, he has been inviting the same soloists along for the ride. Three of...

In this article: Charles Dutoit, Hector Berlioz, Damnation of Faust, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, and Western music

...and events into epic subjects for his operas and music dramas. Hector Berlioz, too, wrote the libretti for two of his best-known works, La Damnation de Faust and Les Troyens. Alban Berg adapted Georg Buchner's play Woyzeck for the libretto...

In this article: Giuseppe Verdi, La figlia di Iorio, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Eugene Scribe, Pietro Mascagni, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Lorenzo Da Ponte, and Richard Wagner

...tomorrow. 416-598-3375 (tso.ca) It was worth the 29-year wait since the last time Torontonians had a chance to hear a live performance of The Damnation of Faust, a "dramatic legend" by Hector Berlioz. Under visiting conductor Charles...

In this article: Charles Dutoit, Hector Berlioz, Faust, Mephistopheles, Toronto Children's Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Damnation of Faust, God, and Gregory Kunde

...debut at the Palais Garnier, in 1942, as Margared in Le roi d'Ys, followed by Faure's Penelope, Dukas's Ariadne, Marguerite in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust and in Gounod's Faust ''. Her debut at the Opera-Comique took place in 1946, as...

In this article: Suzanne Juyol, Carmen, Paris, Tosca, Tristan und Isolde, Le roi d'Ys, Faust, Cavalleria rusticana, and Max Lorenz

...two major roles in a single day at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Giordani performed the title role in Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust" during a matinee Saturday. A few hours later he sang the leading tenor role of Benjamin Franklin...

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...Symphony Orchestra. In February 1954, RCA made its first commercial stereophonic recordings, taping the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch, in a performance of ''The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz. This began a...

In this article: RCA, RCA Records, Kenny Rogers, Arturo Toscanini, EMI, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Trademark, Nipper, Bertelsmann, and BMG

...by Bemberg. In January 1892, McGuckin was called in to sing Berlioz' Damnation of Faust in two concert performances in London given by the Halle Orchestra, with George Henschel and Mrs Henschel as Mephisto and Marguerite: 'Mr Barton...

In this article: Barton McGuckin, London, Damnation of Faust, Ivanhoe, Lohengrin, Alberto Randegger, Alexander Mackenzie, George Henschel, and Alwina Valleria