| Main Performers | Michael Spyres (Faust),
Ann Hallenberg (Marguerite),
Laurent Naouri (Méphistophélès),
Ashley Riches (Brander) - vocals |
| Orchestra or Band | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique |
| Choirs | Trinity Boys Choir,
Monteverdi Choir,
National Youth Choir of Scotland |
| Set List | 'The Damnation of Faust' (sung in French), Berlioz |
| Performance Notes | Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to the Proms with The Damnation of Faust, continuing his multi-season Berlioz series.
Part opera, part cantata, this dramatic legend is an epic retelling of the Faust story that captures the extremes of mans ambition and folly in music by turns exquisite and grotesque. American tenor Michael Spyres returns to the Proms in the title-role, with Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg as the innocent victim, Marguerite.
Proms debuts from Ann Hallenberg and Ashley Riches. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/77),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/27-28) |