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The WFMT Opera Series in August kicks off with Berlioz' The Damnation of Faust, 8/3 @ 1pm

Scene from The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz
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Scene from The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz

8/3 Berlioz: Damnation of Faust (Orchestre National de France)
CAST:
Marguerite — Stéphanie d'Oustrac
Faust — John Irvin
Brander — Frédéric Caton
Méphistophélès — Paul Gay

8/10 Verdi: Don Carlo (La Scala)
CAST:
Don Carlo — Francesco Meli
Elisabeth di Valois — Anna Netrebko
Filippo II — Michele Pertusi
Princess Eboli — Elīna Garanča
Rodrigo — Luca Salsi
Grand Inquisitor — Ain Anger
A Monk — Jongmin Park
Tebaldo — Elisa Verzier
The Count of Lerma — Jinxu Xiahou
A Voice from Heaven — Rosalia Cid

8/17 Dvořák: Rusalka  (Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège)
CAST:
Rusalka — Corinne Winters
Prince — Anton Rositskiy
Foreign Princess — Jana Kurucová
Vodník — Evgeny Stavinsky
Ježibaba — Nino Surguladze
The Gamekeeper — Jiří Rajniš
Turnspit / Kitchen boy — Hongni Wu
First Wood Sprite — Lucie Kaňková
Second Wood Sprite — Kateřina Hebelková
Third Wood Sprite — Sofia Janelidze
Hunter — Alexander Marev
Harmonium — Maddalena Altieri

8/24 Mozart: Idomeneo (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus)
CAST:
Idomeneo — Andrew Staples
Idamante — Magdalena Kožená
Elettra — Elsa Dreisig
Ilia — Sabine Devieilhe
Arbace / High Priest of Neptune — Linard Vrielink
Voice of Neptune — Tareq Nazmi

8/31 Puccini: Tosca (Bavarian State Opera)
CAST:
Floria Tosca — Eleonora Buratto
Mario Cavaradossi — Charles Castronovo
Baron Scarpia — Ludovic Tézier
Cesare Angelotti — Milan Siljanov
Sacristan — Martin Snell
Spoletta — Tansel Akzeybek
Sciarrone — Christian Rieger
A Jailer — Paweł Horodyski