Albert Ehrnrooth

Journalist, photographer and social commentator.

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Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust - Jakob Lehmann and the period musicians of Les Siècles in a concert performance with an international cast of soloists, including American tenor John Osborn in the title-role, Gerald Finley and Véronique Gens. Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 30 Aug. 2026 Photo by Mark Allan

DARN GOOD BERLIOZ DAMNATION AT BBC PROMS

Is La Damnation de Faust an opera, an oratorio, a dramatic legend, or a symphony for four soloists, chorus and children’s choir? Berlioz himself intended the work for the concert hall, famously calling it a “an opera without décor or […]