Faust

Faust - production de Tobias Kratzer

• Conductor

  Thomas Hengelbrock

• Music

  Charles Gounod
  (1818-1893)

• Libretto

  Jules Barbier

• Libretto

  Michel Carré

• Director

  Tobias Kratzer

• Set design, Costume design

  Rainer Sellmaier

• Lighting design

  Michael Bauer

• Video

  Manuel Braun

• Chorus master

  Ching-Lien Wu

“I want a treasure which contains them all! I want youth!” Frustrated by the futile quest for knowledge, the erudite old Faust sells his soul to the devil in exchange for eternal youth and the beautiful Marguerite… Reworking the legend popularised by Goethe, Gounod focuses on the love story and elevates the significance of Marguerite’s fall and ultimate salvation. Choosing to lighten the narrative’s philosophical scope allows him to strike a balance between scenes where the supernatural calls for the visually spectacular and others depicting a universe governed by inward actions and feelings. Transposed to the present day, Tobias Kratzer’s Faust reflects on contemporary society’s obsession with eternal youth. His production’s sophisticated scenography oscillates between hyperrealism and magic, between the world of today and the mysterious atmosphere of German romanticism.

Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

Faust

Faust - production de Tobias Kratzer

• Faust

  Benjamin Bernheim

• Méphistophélès

  Christian Van Horn

• Valentin

  Florian Sempey

• Wagner

  Guilhem Worms

• Marguerite

  Angel Blue

• Siebel

  Emily D'Angelo

• Dame Marthe

  Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo