Arrigo Boito's take on the Faust legend from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Famed French musicians are few—the U. S. public knows the names of Conductor Pierre Monteux, Pianist Alfred Cortot and a few others. Of the 97 principals in the Metropolitan Opera Company, in recent ...

The Verdi Chorus will kick off its 42nd season with "Faust – Berlioz, Gounod and Boito," featuring operatic sequences from three renowned composers' interpretations of Goethe's legendary tale. The ...

The curtain goes up at the New York City Opera to reveal a familiar old figure in flowing medieval robes. It is Faust, and as usual he is pulling at his beard and pondering the mysteries of life. But ...

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 ...

WhatsOnStage delved into the rehearsal room for the Royal Opera House’s staging of Faust, opening later this week. Directed by David McVicar, the production returns following its last run in 2019. Set ...

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 ...

Orson Van Gay II as Faust and Rachel Kobernick as Marguerite in Heartbeat Opera’s production of Gounod’s Faust. Photo: Andrew Boyle Heartbeat Opera’s new production of Charles Gounod’s Faust,which ...

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Opera Western Reserve will present its annual production – Charles Gounod’s “Faust” – much earlier this year. The opera will be performed Sept. 20 at Powers Auditorium. In previous ...

Let’s briefly address the elephant or rather demon in this particular review, as it were. Namely, what is it with the fascination of so many 19 th century composers with this classic Romantic ...