Berlioz La damnation de Faust

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Berlioz's *La damnation de Faust* is a dramatic legend for soloists, chorus, and orchestra that vividly reimagines Goethe’s Faust through richly orchestrated, theatrical music often performed in concert form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work ⓘ
dramatic legend ⓘ
secular vocal-orchestral work ⓘ
basedOn Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
linked to: Faust, Part One
catalogueNumber H 111 ⓘ
choralForces children’s chorus ⓘ
large mixed chorus ⓘ
composer Hector Berlioz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPerformanceType concert premiere ⓘ
genre concert opera ⓘ
dramatic legend ⓘ
hasPart Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
Part III ⓘ
Part IV ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainCharacter Brander ⓘ
Faust ⓘ
Marguerite ⓘ
Méphistophélès ⓘ
notableNumber Ballet des sylphes ⓘ
Hungarian March ⓘ
Rakoczy March ⓘ
Romance de Marguerite "D'amour l'ardente flamme" ⓘ
Sérénade de Méphistophélès ⓘ
orchestrationFeature colorful orchestral effects ⓘ
large Romantic orchestra ⓘ
prominent brass writing ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
scoring mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
soloists ⓘ
structure four-part continuous work ⓘ
style highly dramatic ⓘ
programmatic ⓘ
theatrical ⓘ
subjectMatter Faust legend ⓘ
Faust’s pact with the devil ⓘ
damnation and salvation ⓘ
textAuthor Almire Gandonnière ⓘ
Hector Berlioz ⓘ
typicalPerformanceMode concert performance ⓘ
fully staged production ⓘ
semi-staged performance ⓘ
vocalForces baritone soloist ⓘ
bass soloist ⓘ
mezzo-soprano soloist ⓘ
tenor soloist ⓘ

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Westminster Symphonic Choir → repertoireIncludes → Berlioz La damnation de Faust ⓘ
Hector Berlioz → notableWork → La Damnation de Faust ⓘ
linked to: Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Saito Kinen Orchestra → notableRecording → Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust ⓘ
linked to: Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Robert Lepage → directed → The Damnation of Faust (opera production) ⓘ
linked to: Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Salle Favart → hasPremiere → La Damnation de Faust (staged version at Opéra-Comique) ⓘ
linked to: Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Brander → appearsIn → Hector Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust ⓘ
linked to: Berlioz La damnation de Faust
Jules Barbier → notableWork → La Damnation de Faust (libretto adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Berlioz La damnation de Faust