Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust / Faust's Damnation

"This amazing book fascinated me from the very beginning. I couldn't put it down. I read it constantly: while eating, at the theatre, on the street, everywhere," composer Hector Berlioz, the musical visionary and something of a fantasist of 19th-century French music, described his enchantment with Goethe's Faust. From his "Faust's Damnation" emerges a monumental work that transcends the boundaries of traditional opera—a symphonic drama infused with choral grandeur and orchestral brilliance.

Berlioz's masterpiece tells the story of the legendary scholar's temptation, redemption, and eternal quest for meaning. The Brno Philharmonic brings this visionary score to life with all its dramatic intensity and musical sophistication.