Faust - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Faust
Text by Jules Barbier & Michel Carre after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Opera in five acts
Cast
Doctor Faust
John Osborn
Marguerite
Olga Kulchynska
Méphistophélès
Alex Esposito
Valentin
Stefan Astakhov
Musical Direction
Frédéric Chaslin
Direction
Frank Castorf
Stage Design
Aleksandar Denić
Costumes
Adriana Braga Peretzki
Lighting Design
Lothar Baumgarte
Assistant Director
Wolfgang Gruber
Video Direction
Martin Andersson
Camera/Cinematography
Tobias Dusche
Daniel Keller
Dramaturgy
Ann-Christine Mecke
Synopsis
The old Faust is tormented less by the question of "what holds the world together at its core" than by the longing for love and youth.
Méphistophélès, less an intellectual "principle of negation" than a devilishly attractive magician, draws Faust's attention to Marguerite – and Faust is smitten. A deal is quickly struck: the devil will serve Faust on earth, and after Faust's death, it will be the other way around. Marguerite, too, is not unimpressed by what Méphistophélès has to offer: material luxury and sensual pleasure, often musically illustrated by Gounod with a waltz. But the relationship between Faust and Marguerite remains an episode, for Faust is drawn to new attractions, while Marguerite initially remains pregnant, only to then witness her unfaithful lover kill her brother.
Subject to change.
Opera in five acts
Cast
Doctor Faust
John Osborn
Marguerite
Olga Kulchynska
Méphistophélès
Alex Esposito
Valentin
Stefan Astakhov
Musical Direction
Frédéric Chaslin
Direction
Frank Castorf
Stage Design
Aleksandar Denić
Costumes
Adriana Braga Peretzki
Lighting Design
Lothar Baumgarte
Assistant Director
Wolfgang Gruber
Video Direction
Martin Andersson
Camera/Cinematography
Tobias Dusche
Daniel Keller
Dramaturgy
Ann-Christine Mecke
Synopsis
The old Faust is tormented less by the question of "what holds the world together at its core" than by the longing for love and youth.
Méphistophélès, less an intellectual "principle of negation" than a devilishly attractive magician, draws Faust's attention to Marguerite – and Faust is smitten. A deal is quickly struck: the devil will serve Faust on earth, and after Faust's death, it will be the other way around. Marguerite, too, is not unimpressed by what Méphistophélès has to offer: material luxury and sensual pleasure, often musically illustrated by Gounod with a waltz. But the relationship between Faust and Marguerite remains an episode, for Faust is drawn to new attractions, while Marguerite initially remains pregnant, only to then witness her unfaithful lover kill her brother.
Subject to change.