The New Orleans Opera Association closes out its 2016-17 season this weekend with Friday evening and Sunday afternoon performances of Charles Gounod’s classic 1859 opera “Faust.” Based on Johann ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Would you sell your soul to the devil? It’s been offered up before, we're told in a canon of music and literature, for life, or love, or to play a really mean guitar. In one telling ...

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 ...

In its ninth season, BOF will present Charles Gounod’s 1859 Mephistophelian tour-de-force “Faust,” which chronicles its title character’s deal with the devil for youth and love. Sun-Ly Pierce, the ...

If any enterprising directors or costume designers would care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you: Find a way of signifying Faust's change from geezerly scholar to studly playboy that doesn't ...

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 ...

Fashions change in the world of opera. Charles Gounod's 1859 “Faust” was once among the most performed works, but lately its popularity has declined. At San Francisco Opera, seven productions occurred ...

It is not often that a production can be described as stronger on detail than over-arching concept, but that is the case with David McVicar’s 2004 version of Gounods Faust, revived here by Lee ...