Release Date: 28 June 2024
Label: Opus Arte - Dvd / Opus Arte
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 809478013303
Composer/Series: Charles Gounod
Description
Disillusioned with life, the aged philosopher Faust calls upon Satan to help him. The devil Mephistopheles appears and strikes a bargain with the philosopher: Faust can have youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite, but only in exchange for his soul... Gounod’s masterpiece is given the grandest of Royal Opera stagings in David McVicar’s richly layered and theatrically exuberant production, with the drama moved to Second Empire Paris, spectacular sets and costumes, and extensive dance. Michael Fabiano as a seductively witty Faust, Erwin Schrott as a devilish Mephistopheles and Irina Lungu as a passionate Marguerite are joined by the Royal Opera Chorus and a cast of Royal Opera favourites. Dan Ettinger conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Gounod’s gloriously tuneful score.'
Berlin Deutsches So
Bbc So/Davis/Atherton
Tynan:Burnside
David Newsholme
Angel Blue
Susan Chilcott
Magdalen College Choir
Walsh:Coe:Toohey:Smith
