Appearances mattered almost as much as sound. At Glyndebourne Festival, rising young mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught was at the centre of a storm over whether she looked sufficiently boy-shaped to play ...

Few singers bring Méphistophélès to life like bass René Pape, who reprises his portrayal of the charming devil at the Metropolitan Opera in a November 29-January 19 run of Gounod's Faust, staged by ...

In the first scene of the opera "Mefistofele," 138 singers, dancers, children and extras cram the stage, in matching white robes and matching masks. The spectacle lasts 25 minutes, and on opening ...

SAN FRANCISCO — “Short-term gain; long-term pain” — a few economists might be bandying about that pithy phrase these days. But these words were also irreverently buzzing in my brain during San ...

It’s a dark and dazzling work, Gounod’s Faust and a profoundly satisfying experience when it’s done well. The Opera Australia version opening in Sydney next month is directed by Britain’s Sir David ...

Faust intends to win his heart’s desires, even if it costs him his soul: led into temptation by the charming Méphistophélès, the ageing academic swaps moral restraint for a salacious journey through ...

He may have sympathy for the devil, but when it comes to love he doesn't have a chance in hell. John Crace decodes the destiny of a desperate man Faust: I can't sleep / My prostate's playing up / And ...

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Will Lyric Opera give the devil his due? Audience members can decide that question for themselves as the company prepares to open a much-anticipated new production of Charles Gounod’s “Faust” as its ...

Faust is always with us. When it first appears in written form, in 1587, much of the narrative is already here: the signing of a contract in blood, a period of worldly power, including great influence ...