The New Orleans Opera Association closes out its 2016-17 season this weekend with Friday evening and Sunday afternoon performances of Charles Gounod’s classic 1859 opera “Faust.” Based on Johann ...
Sara Holdren’s new production for Heartbeat Opera takes its lead from Bulgakov’s Faustian novel “The Master and Margarita.” By Joshua Barone The director Sara Holdren has made it pretty clear that she ...
It’s one of the most famous tales of a bad boyfriend in Western literature—a lonely scholar called Faust makes a deal with the devil and drags everyone else down with him—but in Sara Holdren’s new ...
5.0 out of 5.0 starsAfter a glorious opening night at Glyndebourne, it’s a pleasure to be back at the Royal Opera House for the stunning visual and musical feast that is the all-star 6th revival of ...
Streaming platforms for Royal Opera House: Faust haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.
First seen in 2004, McVicar’s staging still has all the illicit sheen and lure of Marguerite’s jewels. In an era of austerity (even at the Royal Opera) this kind of old-school, expensive theatricality ...
Friday night's season-ending staging of Charles Gounod’s “Faust” by the New Orleans Opera Association was a triumph. The singing, acting, conducting, orchestral playing and nearly all of the staging ...
Berlioz’s compelling take on the Faust legend returns for the first time in a decade, with an ideal lineup of stars. High-flying tenors Bryan Hymel and Michael Spyres sing the doomed and besotted ...
Jennifer Davis's Marguerite and Duke Kim's Faust pull out all the vocal stops in the final scene of Gounod's opera If Nicholas Brownlee is more bass-baritone than cavernous bass as the very devil, he ...
Heartbeat Opera’s radical adaptations of classic titles can soar or fall flat, but one constant has always been music director Dan Schlosberg, whose ingenious maverick arrangements—such as February’s ...