La damnation de Faust

La damnation de Faust
Légende dramatique by Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
EnglishThe Damnation of Faust
Opus24
LanguageFrench
Based onGoethe's Faust
Composed1845 (1845)
Performed6 December 1846 (1846-12-06)
Scoring
  • four soloists
  • children's chorus
  • seven-part choir
  • orchestra

La damnation de Faust (English: The Damnation of Faust), Op. 24 is a work for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra[1] by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a "légende dramatique" (dramatic legend).[2] It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 6 December 1846.

  1. ^ Berlioz, Hector (1998). La damnation de Faust: Dramatic legend in full score. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-40169-3.
  2. ^ Holoman, D. Kern (2002). "Damnation de Faust, La". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O002474. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.