Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Last night was the online premiere of the Royal Opera House's Faust, ...

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 ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. watch as Irina Lungu (as Marguerite) performs 'Il m'aime' from The Royal ...

In a statement issued by her spokesperson, Netrebko said: "I am so sorry to have to withdraw from the role of Marguerite in Faust. After much consideration and intensive preparation, I have come to ...

Come for the presents. Stay for the baggage.

It is not often that a production can be described as stronger on detail than over-arching concept, but that is the case with David McVicar’s 2004 version of Gounods Faust, revived here by Lee ...

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 ...

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, ...