Name: Faust
Start: 2011-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2012-01-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Admin

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Angela Gheorghiu

Marguerite

Malin Byström

Marina Poplavskaya

Mezzo-soprano

Michèle Losier

Siebel

Kate Lindsey

Tenor

Jonas Kaufmann

Faust

Roberto Alagna

Joseph Calleja

David Pomeroy

Baritone

Russell Braun

Valentine

Brian Mulligan

George Petean

Bass

René Pape

Mephistopheles

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Wendy White

Martha Schwertlein

Theodora Hanslowe

Jonathan Beyer

Wagner

Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Pierre Vallet

Stage director

Des McAnuff

Set designer

Robert Brill

Costume designer

Paul Tazewell

Video designer

Dustin O'Neill

Lighting designer

Peter Mumford

Choreographer

Kelly Devine

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

French

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this Live in HD presentation of Des McAnuff’s thrilling 2011 production that places the mythical and timeless story in an early 20th-century setting. René Pape as Méphistophélès is menacing and elegant in equal measure, and Marina Poplavskaya delivers a searingly intense portrayal of the innocent Marguerite. Russell Braun as her brother, Valentin, shines in his Act II aria. On the podium, Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings out all the lyricism and drama of Gounod’s score.

Production booklet

Further reading