| Glyndebourne Festival - La Damnation de Faust Reviews | 26 April 2024 |
Christopher Purves (Méphistophélès), Allan Clayton (Faust)
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Allan Clayton (Faust), Julie Boulianne (Marguerite), Christopher Purves (Méphistophélès)
Julie Boulianne (Marguerite), Chorus
Christopher Purves (Méphistophélès)
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La Damnation de FaustGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 16 | |
Berlioz rural |
 19 Jun 19 / Olyrix |
A quand les Troyens? |
| 13 Jun 19 / Forum Opéra |
Byway to hell |
| 29 May 19 / The Critics' Circle |
The Devil gets the last laugh in the opening opera of the Glyndebourne season |
| 29 May 19 / The Article |
Fausto se condena sólo víctima de su propia imbecilidad |
| 28 May 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Berlioz is underdone at Glyndebourne |
| 27 May 19 / The Observer |
The kind of profoundly mediocre night you wish Berlioz the critic had been around to demolish |
| 24 May 19 / The Spectator |
Turning an oratorio into an opera demands much more than dressing the chorus up as devils, sitting in a gallery |
| 22 May 19 / Express |
Glyndebourne fails to make the case for staging La Damnation de Faust |
| 22 May 19 / Seen and Heard |
Glyndebourne presents Richard Jones's new staging of La damnation de Faust |
| 22 May 19 / Opera Today |
The warp and weft of the staging is a stunning amalgam of sound and vision |
| 21 May 19 / Independent |
Musically, there was much to savour |
| 21 May 19 / Music OMH |
Problematic staging fails to convince |
| 21 May 19 / The Stage |
The London Philharmonic spares nothing in terms of Berliozian style and glamour |
| 20 May 19 / Classical Source |
Seductive, beguiling and sinister |
| 20 May 19 / The Guardian |
Diabolus vincit omnia: Purves' Mephisto dominates Berlioz' La damnation de Faust at Glyndebourne |
| 20 May 19 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
Clayton, Boulianne, Purves, Riches
(c) Ticciati (d) Jones
Performance dates
18, 22, 25, 30 May, 2, 6, 9, 15, 19, 22, 27 June, 5, 10 July 2019
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