Hector Berlioz

We're back in Paris this week for the Orchestre National de Paris' production of "Damnation of Faust" by Hector Berlioz. After the opera, we'll hear two more works by Berlioz, his autobiographical Symphonie Fantastique as well as its "sequel" "Lelio, or The Return to Life."

This week's Opera is Berlioz's "Benvenuto Cellini" which has a mostly fictitious libretto even though Berlioz wanted to base it on Cellini's memoirs. The recording comes from the Metropolitan Opera's 2003 production featuring Marcello Giordano in the title Role.

This week's opera is a concert performance of Hector Berlioz's "The Damnation of Faust" featuring Charles Castronovo in the title role.

The music of Hector Berlioz will be featured on this week’s Sunday Opera (3/15 3:00 p.m.) as we turn to his 1838 semiseria work “Benvenuto Cellini.”…

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