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. Sung in French with English surtitles. Approx running time 3 hours 25 mins

Cast/Performers

Piotr Beczala (Faust), John Relyea (Mephistopheles), Angela Gheorghiu (Marguerite - Sep 15 / 18 / 22 / 27), Katie Van Kooten (Marguerite - Sep 25 / 29), Robert Gleadow (Wagner), Russell Braun (Valentin - Sep 15 / 18 / 22 / 25), Dalibor Jenis (Valentin - Sep 27 / 29), Christine Rice (Siebel), Della Jones (Marthe Schwerlein)

Creatives/Company

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