title: La damnation de Faust
Jonas Kaufmann
Gustave-Hippolyte Roger
L'enfant prodigue (Auber)
Garðar Thór Cortes
Francisco Araiza
Charles Craig (tenor)
Henry Bracy
Viktor Selyavin
Pietro Neri-Baraldi
sentences: La damnation de Faust (English: "The Damnation of Faust"), Op.
 24 is a work for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz.
 He called it a "légende dramatique" (dramatic legend).
 It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 6 December 1846.
Jonas Kaufmann (born 10 July 1969) is a German operatic tenor.
 He is best known for his performances in "spinto" roles such as Don José in "Carmen", Cavaradossi in "Tosca", Maurizio in "Adriana Lecouvreur", and the title role in "Don Carlos".
 He has also sung leading tenor roles in the operas of Richard Wagner with success in Germany and abroad, most notably the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
 He is also an accomplished Lieder singer.
 In 2014 "The New York Times" described Kaufmann as "a box-office draw, and... the most important, versatile tenor of his generation."
Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, born in Paris on 17 December 1815 and died there on 12 September 1879, was a French tenor.
 He is best known for creating the leading tenor roles in "La damnation de Faust" by Berlioz in 1846 and Meyerbeer's "Le prophète" in 1849.
L'enfant prodigue ("The Prodigal Son") is a grand opera in five acts composed by Daniel Auber to a French libretto by Eugène Scribe based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke.
 It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Nationale de Musique in Paris on 6 December 1850.
 The role of Azaël (the prodigal son of the title) was sung in the premiere by the celebrated French tenor, Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, (1815-1879).
Garðar Thór Cortes (pronounced ] , born 2 May 1974), is an Icelandic tenor of Icelandic and English parentage.
 A former child actor, Garðar subsequently trained as a singer in Vienna, Copenhagen and London.
 He has performed various leading tenor roles in operas, as well as a leading part in "The Phantom of the Opera" in London's West End.
 While insisting that he is first and foremost a classical opera singer, it was with his classical crossover album "Cortes", released in Iceland in 2005, that Garðar came to prominence.
 His debut album in the UK, also titled "Cortes", was released on 16 April 2007 and entered the UK Classical Charts at number 1.
José Francisco Araiza Andrade (born 4 October 1950), is a Mexican operatic tenor and lied singer who has sung as soloist in leading concert halls and in leading tenor operatic roles in the major opera houses of Europe and North America during the course of a lengthy career.
 Born in Mexico City, he studied singing at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México and later in Germany, with Mozartian tenor Richard Holm, and lieder interpretation with Erik Werba.
 He made his operatic debut in 1970 in Mexico City as First Prisoner in Beethoven's "Fidelio".
 Araiza initially came to international prominence singing in Mozart and Rossini operas, but in the 1980s broadened his repertoire to include Italian and French lyric tenor roles and Wagnerian roles such as Lohengrin and Walther von Stolzing.
 He was made a Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera in 1988.
 Now retired from the opera stage, he teaches singing and serves on the juries of several international singing competitions.
Charles James Craig (3 December 191923 January 1997) was an English operatic tenor.
 He received early encouragement from Sir Thomas Beecham, and sang in his 1952 recording of "A Mass of Life" by Frederick Delius.
 He was known as one of "the most Italianate of English operatic tenors".
 From 1957 to 1980 he performed leading tenor roles at London's Royal Opera House and English National Opera.
 One of his most famous roles was Verdi's Otello, which he sang in Chicago, Vienna, Berlin, Naples, Munich, Venice, Salzburg, Turin, Lisbon, Düsseldorf.
Henry Bracy (8 January 1846 – 31 January 1917) was a Welsh opera tenor, stage director and opera producer who is best remembered as the creator of the role of Prince Hilarion in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera "Princess Ida".
 Bracy often played the leading tenor role in the works in which he appeared, becoming one of the most popular comic tenors of the Victorian era.
 His wife, Clara, was an actress.
Viktor Alekseyevich Selyavin Russian: Виктор Алексеевич Селявин (1875–1945) was a leading tenor of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater.
 He is often referred to as Odessa's Sobinov, a reference to Leonid Sobinov, one of the best known Russian tenors of the first half of the twentieth century.
 His repertoire included the tenor roles of most major operas, but he is best known for his interpretation of Lensky in "Eugene Onegin".
 He also performed in chamber music, being especially fond of Mikhail Glinka's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's romances.
Pietro Neri-Baraldi (1828 – 29 June 1902) was an Italian opera singer who sang leading tenor roles throughout Europe.
 He was born in Minerbio, a small town near Bologna and made his debut at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in 1850.
 By 1853 he was engaged as the leading tenor at the Teatro del Corso where he sang in the first performances in Bologna of "Il trovatore" (as Manrico), "Rigoletto" (as the Duke of Mantua), and "Elena da Feltre" (as Ubaldo).
 He then appeared in Paris during the 1854/1855 season singing at both the Théâtre-Italien and the Paris Opéra.
 He sang a wide range of roles in London from 1856 to 1868, first at the Lyceum Theatre and then at the Royal Opera House.
 He also performed in Lisbon at the Teatro de São Carlos where he was the "primo tenore assoluto" from 1856 to 1867 and in St. Petersburg.

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 La damnation de Faust (English: "The Damnation of Faust"), Op.
 24 is a work for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz.
 He called it a "légende dramatique" (dramatic legend).
 It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 6 December 1846. 

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 Jonas Kaufmann (born 10 July 1969) is a German operatic tenor.
 He is best known for his performances in "spinto" roles such as Don José in "Carmen", Cavaradossi in "Tosca", Maurizio in "Adriana Lecouvreur", and the title role in "Don Carlos".
 He has also sung leading tenor roles in the operas of Richard Wagner with success in Germany and abroad, most notably the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
 He is also an accomplished Lieder singer.
 In 2014 "The New York Times" described Kaufmann as "a box-office draw, and... the most important, versatile tenor of his generation." 

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 Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, born in Paris on 17 December 1815 and died there on 12 September 1879, was a French tenor.
 He is best known for creating the leading tenor roles in "La damnation de Faust" by Berlioz in 1846 and Meyerbeer's "Le prophète" in 1849. 

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 L'enfant prodigue ("The Prodigal Son") is a grand opera in five acts composed by Daniel Auber to a French libretto by Eugène Scribe based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke.
 It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Nationale de Musique in Paris on 6 December 1850.
 The role of Azaël (the prodigal son of the title) was sung in the premiere by the celebrated French tenor, Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, (1815-1879). 

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 José Francisco Araiza Andrade (born 4 October 1950), is a Mexican operatic tenor and lied singer who has sung as soloist in leading concert halls and in leading tenor operatic roles in the major opera houses of Europe and North America during the course of a lengthy career.
 Born in Mexico City, he studied singing at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México and later in Germany, with Mozartian tenor Richard Holm, and lieder interpretation with Erik Werba.
 He made his operatic debut in 1970 in Mexico City as First Prisoner in Beethoven's "Fidelio".
 Araiza initially came to international prominence singing in Mozart and Rossini operas, but in the 1980s broadened his repertoire to include Italian and French lyric tenor roles and Wagnerian roles such as Lohengrin and Walther von Stolzing.
 He was made a Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera in 1988.
 Now retired from the opera stage, he teaches singing and serves on the juries of several international singing competitions. 

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 Charles James Craig (3 December 191923 January 1997) was an English operatic tenor.
 He received early encouragement from Sir Thomas Beecham, and sang in his 1952 recording of "A Mass of Life" by Frederick Delius.
 He was known as one of "the most Italianate of English operatic tenors".
 From 1957 to 1980 he performed leading tenor roles at London's Royal Opera House and English National Opera.
 One of his most famous roles was Verdi's Otello, which he sang in Chicago, Vienna, Berlin, Naples, Munich, Venice, Salzburg, Turin, Lisbon, Düsseldorf. 

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 Henry Bracy (8 January 1846 – 31 January 1917) was a Welsh opera tenor, stage director and opera producer who is best remembered as the creator of the role of Prince Hilarion in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera "Princess Ida".
 Bracy often played the leading tenor role in the works in which he appeared, becoming one of the most popular comic tenors of the Victorian era.
 His wife, Clara, was an actress. 

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 Viktor Alekseyevich Selyavin Russian: Виктор Алексеевич Селявин (1875–1945) was a leading tenor of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater.
 He is often referred to as Odessa's Sobinov, a reference to Leonid Sobinov, one of the best known Russian tenors of the first half of the twentieth century.
 His repertoire included the tenor roles of most major operas, but he is best known for his interpretation of Lensky in "Eugene Onegin".
 He also performed in chamber music, being especially fond of Mikhail Glinka's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's romances. 

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Answer: the Opéra-Comique in Paris