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Le Damnation de FaustGoing to hell? See who else is already thereBy Lee WilliamsPublished on November 19, 2008 at 1:45amAttention all Berlioz lovers if you didnt get enough with Houston Grand Operas production of Beatrice and Benedict earlier this fall, consider an afternoon with the Metropolitan Opera at a big-screen, live, high-definition simulcast of Hector Berliozs rarely staged La Damnation de Faust. The operatic contemplation of good and evil features a story that will crack the hardest heart. In Berliozs version, Faust gives up his soul so that he can rescue a good woman. The performance promises to be revolutionary, as it is directed by Robert Le-page, whos worked with everyone from Peter Gabriel to Cirque du Soleil to Seiji Ozawa. Filled with scaffolding and cinematic projections, the tale moves from Fausts small study to the bowels of Hell. Its a grand affair, and Lepage is clearly up to the challenge. This production stars Marcello Giordani as Faust, opposite Susan Graham as Marguerite and John Relyea as Méphistophélès, with James Levine conducting. See it today at noon at various movie theaters around Houston. For information, visit www.metopera-family.org/metopera. $16 to $24.
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