La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 is a French musical composition for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a
Hector Berlioz
Louis-Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, conductor and critic. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requi
Louis Berlioz, the composer's father c. 1840
The Opéra, in the Rue le Peletier, Paris, c. 1821
Harriet Smithson as Ophelia
Marie ("Camille") Moke, later Pleyel