La damnation de Faust
Légende dramatique in four parts
Libretto
Hector Berlioz, Almire Gandonnière, Gérard de Narval (partly after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Premiere
6 December 1846, Paris (Opéra Comique)
Cast
MARGUERITE (mezzo-soprano)
FAUST (tenor)
MEPHISTOPHELES (bass)
BRANDER (bass)
VOIX CELESTE (soprano)
CHORUS
Peasants, drinkers, sylphes, soldiers, students, demons, angels, celestial spirits, children
Place
Hungary, Northern Germany, Leipzig
Time
16th Century