Benjamin Bernheim stars in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust

"I shall enchant your eyes and ears…" What would you trade for your wildest dreams? Young Faust makes the deadliest possible bargain, but he has a hell of a time discovering the price. Half grand opera, half roof-raising choral-orchestral spectacular, Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust caused a scandal when it was first performed in 1846, and in this bold updating by director Silvia Costa it's every bit as startling – and seductive – today. Benjamin Bernheim plays Faust, and Jakob Lehmann conducts the period-instrument forces of Les Siècles; bringing all their energy and flair to one of the 19th century's most flamboyantly colourful scores.