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Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

Filmmaker and former Python Terry Gilliam's smash-hit production of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust for English National Opera has been one of the operatic highlights of 2011. Peter Hoare stars as Faust, with Christopher Purves as Mephistopheles, who propels him on a rollercoaster ride through German history, ending with the rise of Hitler and Faust's inevitable damnation. Edward Gardner conducts the ENO Chorus and Orchestra.

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Sun 16 Oct 2011 01:05 BBC Four

  • Watch a backstage video from Terry Gilliam's Faust

    A short film explaining the work of the technicians on the fly floor at the London Coliseum, during Terry Gilliam's English National Opera production of Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust.

    ENO Backstage Video

Credits

Choir
English National Opera Chorus
Conductor
Edward Gardner
Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
Singer
Ella Kirkpatrick
Translation
Hugh Macdonald
Faust
Peter Hoare
Mephistopheles
Christopher Purves
Marguerite
Christine Rice
Brander
Nicholas Folwell
Director
Terry Gilliam
Director
Peter Maniura
Composer
Hector Berlioz

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