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Terry Gilliam's Faust

Music: Classical: Opera

14/10/2011

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Terry Gilliam directs a production of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust for ENO.

Terry Gilliam directs a production of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust for English National Opera, one of the big hits of 2011. Edward Gardner conducts the ENO Chorus and Orchestra.

Filmmaker and former Python Terry Gilliam's smash-hit production of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust for English National Opera has been one of the operatic highlights of 2011. Peter Hoare stars as Faust, with Christopher Purves as Mephistopheles, who propels him on a rollercoaster ride through German history, ending with the rise of Hitler and Faust's inevitable damnation. Edward Gardner conducts the ENO Chorus and Orchestra.

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