When Jonas Kaufmann cancelled Les Troyens at Covent Garden, this American tenor took over. Now Bryan Hymel has his own recital disc, showing off his personal blend of heroism and high notes — top Cs ...

June 2011 The Damnation of Faust closes at the Coliseum. They bought it! We pulled the wool over their eyes – it seems to have been accepted as a good thing. Foolishly, this has given me the illusion ...

Seattle Opera will present this January a concert rendering of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens—an epic tale of fate, love, and betrayal that is as grand in scope as it is rarely performed. This special ...

He revived interest in a “problem child” in the pantheon of high romantic composers, bringing Berlioz overdue recognition as one of France’s greatest composers. By Adam Nossiter The Romantic-era ...

Berlioz’s compelling take on the Faust legend returns to The Met for the first time in a decade, with an ideal line-up of stars. Tenor Michael Spyres is the doomed and besotted Faust, opposite ...

A gorgeous new recoding of Berlioz's DAMNATION DE FAUST, on the Erato label, has come my way and it is well-worth investigating. The work has entered the public consciousness with the recent revival ...

Hector Berlioz’s last opera, “Beatrice and Benedict,” has been performed since 1862 — but Seattle Opera audiences heard a world premiere of the work last weekend. How so? The Seattle Opera production ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many years ago, a reader introduced himself to me outside the Metropolitan Opera House. I already knew of him, for he was a friend ...

One hundred and fifty years after his death, Berlioz’s music is finally getting the audience it deserves. Why has it taken so long to be loved? The verdict on the composer Hector Berlioz when he died ...