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«La Damnation de Faust» is one of Hector Berlioz's most revolutionary works, a dramatic journey to hell that is part opera, part oratorio. «I neither tried to translate Goethe’s masterpiece nor to imitate it, but simply let it work on me in an effort to grasp its musical content», the composer stated candidly. His multicolored music is imaginary theater, a journey into Faust’s interior, from which the devil Méphistophélès himself seems to emerge.

The Damnation of Faust

Zurich Opera House

Like a Russian Madame Bovary, Katerina is profoundly bored in the company of her husband. The arrival of a new employee, Sergei, leads her into adultery and then crime, making her more akin to Lady Macbeth. But unlike Shakespeare’s character, Katerina acts not out of a thirst for power but to satisfy urges stifled by a sordid environment.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Opéra Bastille

One glance is all it takes for Romeo and Juliet to fall in love. But their passion collides with the ancestral hatred dividing their families in a Verona on the brink of implosion.

Although Charles Gounod had been attracted to Shakespeare’s play from a young age, it was only some twenty years later, after the success of Faust, that he set about transforming it into an opera.

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Amin Ahangaran

Events

Upcoming events

13 - 28 Mar, 2027

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk · Opéra national de Paris

Jun 7 - Jul 10, 2027

Roméo et Juliette · Opéra national de Paris

Past events

10 - 17 May, 2026

The Damnation of Faust · Opernhaus Zürich

Future and recently performed repertoire

Brander in The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz

Opernhaus Zürich

Un Pope, un gardien in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Chostakovitch

Opéra national de Paris

Grégorio in Roméo et Juliette by Gounod

Opéra national de Paris

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