Details

Faust is a man of middle age who has grown tired of life and yearns only for sensual pleasure and for his lost youth. He summons up Mephistopheles, who agrees to grant his desires - but at the price of his eternal soul. An innocent woman, Marguerite, falls victim to this diabolical pact when she is seduced by Faust: the result is her destruction. But whilst for Marguerite there is hope of redemption, for Faust there is none. New Production. Sung in French with English surtitles. Running time 4 hours. A co-production with Opera de Monte Carlo, Opera de Lille and Teatro Verdi Trieste.

Cast/Performers

Piotr Baczala (Faust), Elena Kelessidi (Marguerite), John Tomlinson (Mephistopheles), Dalibor Jenis (Valentin), Della Jones (Marthe), Katija Dragojevic (Siebel), Matthew Rose (Wagner)

Creatives/Company

Music: Gounod
Lyrics(s): Lules Barbier, Michel Carre (after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust)
Producer(s): Royal Opera, Opera Monte Carlo
Corporate Sponsor: Coutts and Co (2004)
Director: David McVicar
Design: Charles Edwards
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting: Paule Constable
Choreographer: Michael Keegan Dolan
Conductor: Maurizio Benini