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Prom 31: An intoxicating La Damnation de Faust from Gardiner and the ORR

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“Spyres played the straight man to Laurent Naouri’s ultra-mischievous Méphistophélès”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 8 August 2017
Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust (sung in French)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Michael Spyres, Faust
Ann Hallenberg, Marguerite
Laurent Naouri, Méphistophélès
Ashley Riches, Brander
Trinity Boys Choir
Monteverdi Choir
National Youth Choir of Scotland
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces
***11
Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille
*****
Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically
****1
Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight
*****
Hedging its bets: La finta giardiniera at the Royal College of Music
***11
Washington National Opera marches onward with a joyous Treemonisha
****1
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