It helps that three top male singers are on hand. Bryn Terfel and Simon Keenlyside return to the roles they created at the production’s unveiling in 2004, each bringing a diamond-cut intensity born of ...

When David McVicar’s production of Gounod’s Faust was new in June of this year, the experience was hell in all but the literal sense. McVicar simply didn’t take the work seriously enough, and clearly ...

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 ...

Erwin Schrott has withdrawn from the performances of Faust on 2, 6 and 10 June for personal reasons. The role of Méphistophélès will be performed on these dates by Ildebrando D'Arcangelo. Schrott will ...

LONDON (Reuters) - London's Royal Opera House launched its cinema season on Thursday, part of a drive to attract people to a notoriously exclusive art form made less accessible by Britain's economic ...

Faust, an aging philosopher, trades his soul to the Devil in exchange for youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite. Marguerite's brother Valentin defends his sister's honor in a duel with Faust, ...