Kameron Lopreore as Roméo, left, and Denis Vélez as Juliette rehearse their roles in Opera Maine's "Roméo et Juliette." ...

The Making of F.W. Murnau’s Masterpiece will contain photos and illustrations thought to have been lost during WWII ...

Written by French composer Charles Gounod in 1859, Faust has often been dismissed as a sentimental mix of religion and romance, with a melodramatic plot and excessive emotion. However, in the Lyric ...

Few operas have enjoyed such an enviable fate as Gounod's Faust. Well received at its premiere, followed by international success, which still makes it the most performed French opera in the world ...

WhatsOnStage delved into the rehearsal room for the Royal Opera House’s staging of Faust, opening later this week. Directed by David McVicar, the production returns following its last run in 2019. Set ...

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 ...

Orson Van Gay II as Faust and Rachel Kobernick as Marguerite in Heartbeat Opera’s production of Gounod’s Faust. Photo: Andrew Boyle Heartbeat Opera’s new production of Charles Gounod’s Faust,which ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Opera Western Reserve will present its annual production – Charles Gounod’s “Faust” – much earlier this year. The opera will be performed Sept. 20 at Powers Auditorium. In previous ...

Let’s briefly address the elephant or rather demon in this particular review, as it were. Namely, what is it with the fascination of so many 19 th century composers with this classic Romantic ...

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 ...

Throughout Charles Gounod’s five-act tour-de-force, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 27 and 30 at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Hopkins inhabited new and evolving visages of Méphistophélès with ...

Image courtesy of Berkshire Opera. Great Barrington — Berkshire Opera Festival (BOF) has been staging world-class opera productions in the Berkshires since 2016. The word is out, and the verdict is in ...