Tue 8 Aug 2017

• 17:45

  Proms Extra: Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Peter Stanford and Sarah Lenton discuss the devil in music.

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  Proms Extra

  
• 19:30

  Prom 31: Berlioz – The Damnation of Faust

  Royal Albert Hall

  Part opera, part cantata, Berlioz’s ‘dramatic legend’ is an epic retelling of the Faust story that captures the extremes of man’s ambition and folly. Tenor Michael Spyres returns to the Proms in the title-role, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

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  Part opera, part cantata, Berlioz’s ‘dramatic legend’ is an epic retelling of the Faust story that captures the extremes of man’s ambition and folly. Tenor Michael Spyres returns to the Proms in the title-role, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

  Programme

  • • • Hector Berlioz
      • The Damnation of Faust(125 mins)(sung in French)

  Performers

  • Michael Spyres

    Faust
    Faust
  • Ann Hallenberg

    Marguerite
    Marguerite
  • Laurent Naouri

    Méphistophélès
    Méphistophélès
  • Ashley Riches

    Brander
    Brander
  • Trinity Boys Choir
  • Monteverdi Choir
  • National Youth Choir of Scotland
  • Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Hector Berlioz

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  Revolutionary Music