© Emma Birski / OnP
Faust
Opéra Bastille
19h30
Dress Cocktail attire
“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.
Faust
Faust - production de Tobias Kratzer
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Music
Charles Gounod
(1818-1893) -
ConductorThomas Hengelbrock
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Libretto
Jules Barbier
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Libretto
Michel Carré
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Director
Tobias Kratzer
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Set design, Costume design
Rainer Sellmaier
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Lighting design
Michael Bauer
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Video
Manuel Braun
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Chorus master
Ching-Lien Wu
Cast
Bernheim
Faust
Horn
Méphistophélès
Sempey
Valentin
Worms
Wagner
Blue
Marguerite
D'Angelo
Siebel
Brunet-Grupposo
Dame Marthe
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris