It’s not difficult to reimagine the classic “Faust,” the quintessential story of man making a bargain with the devil, in contemporary times. Director Lileana Blain-Cruz had only to look at modern ...
PHOENIX - A Lady Gaga look-alike makes a guest appearance in Arizona Opera's updated take on Gounod's "Faust" this weekend. At the final performance of the show's Phoenix run on Sunday, Gaga strutted ...
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 ...
Sara Holdren’s new production for Heartbeat Opera takes its lead from Bulgakov’s Faustian novel “The Master and Margarita.” By Joshua Barone The director Sara Holdren has made it pretty clear that she ...
Gounod's most famous opera, "Faust" tells the story, based on Goethe's epic poem, of the old philosopher who is made young again by trading his soul to Mephistopheles so that he may seduce the fair ...
It turns out the music and lyrics of Depeche Mode make an apt companion to French composer Charles Gounod’s opera, “Faust.” Mixed Precipitation blends the moody lyrics of the British synth-rock band ...