Gounod: Faust
EMI Classics

October 5th, 2010

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Released: 2010-10-05
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Gounod: Faust by EMI Classics

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Director David McVicar	Studio EMI Classics	Runtime 180	Rated NR (Not Rated)	Binding DVD

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Angela Gheorghiu Stars As Marguerite In David McVicar's Spectacularly Innovative 2004 Production Of Gounod's Faust For London's Royal Opera House

Angela Gheorghiu stars as Marguerite alongside a divine cast of operatic superstars, including Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Sophie Koch, in David McVicar's spectacular 2004 production of Gounod's best known opera, Faust, for the Royal Opera House in London. This production was the Royal Opera Company's first performance of Gounod's Faust in 18 years.

Gounod's Faust is the story of a scholar who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for unlimited knowledge and worldly indulgences. McVicar's innovative production sets this story around the time of the Franco-Prussian War (1870) in the gothic, seamy underbelly of Paris. He characterizes Faust, performed by Roberto Alagna, as a man both torn between the theater and religion, and grappling with his own sexuality.