The Salzburg Festival presents Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust (July 2), featuring Charles Castronovo as the romantic and tortured title character, with Ildar Abdrazakov as the wily Mephistopheles and Elīna Garanča as Marguerite.
Alain Altinoglu conducts the Salzburg Festival Orchestra in this concert performance.
Listen Saturday at 1 p.m. on Classical IPR.
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Libretto: Almire Gandonnière and Hector Berlioz
Venue: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg
Presenting Company: Salzburg Festival
CAST:
Marguerite Elīna Garanča
Faust Charles Castronovo
Méphistophélès Ildar Abdrazakov
Brander Peter Kellner
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus: Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association and Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children's Choir
Conductor: Alain Altinoglu