December 15

MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: FAUST

Posted by Layla on December 15, 2011 in MET OPERA LIVE IN HD | Leave a comment

CHARLES GOUNOD

2011-2012 HD OPERA SEASON

DECEMBER 10, 2011 @ 12:55 PM

RUN TIME: 3 HRS 39 MIN

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Dec McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézét-Séguin conducts on the heels of hisDon Carlo success.

Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera website: http://www.metopera.org

Conductor: Yannick Nézét-Séguin

Production: Dec McAnuff

Cast: Marina Poplavskaya, Michèle Losier, Jonas Kaufmann, Russel Braun, René Pape

CAST SHEET & SYNOPSIS:

http://www.metoperafamily.org/uploadedFiles/MetOpera/watch_and_listen/Live_in_HD/11-12_Season/Faust.Cast.Sheet.DATES.pdf

VIDEO: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera