La Damnation de Faust

’I shall enchant your eyes and ears …’ What would you trade for your wildest dreams? Young Faust makes the deadliest possible bargain, but he has one hell of a time finding out the price. Half grand opera, half roof-raising choral-orchestral spectacular, Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust caused a scandal in 1846 when it was first performed, and with its supernatural story and thumping good melodies, it’s still one of 19th-century music’s most thrillingly sinful treats. Join Edward Gardner, three massed choruses and a charismatic all-star cast for a night when the Devil really does have all the best tunes.

Sung in French with English surtitles