Charles Gounod’s fascinating and seductive opera Faust plunges us into a breathtaking mental labyrinth exploring human dissatisfaction through a groundbreaking production directed by Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus), which recreates a vast technological laboratory simulating the human brain. Maestro Dan Ettinger leads an outstanding cast, headlined by Piotr Beczała as the tormented Faust and Marina Rebeka as the ill-fated Marguerite.
Loosely inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s immeasurable masterpiece, this celebrated lyrical drama explores the pact with the devil and the deepest passions of the soul of an elderly scientist, willing to surrender his conscience to the devil to regain his youth and win a forbidden love.
Opera in five acts
Music by Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Libretto by Jules Barbier y Michel Carré, based on the play Faust et Marguerite (1850) by Michel Carré and the homonymous work (1808) by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique de Paris on March 19, 1859
Premiered at the Teatro Real on January 18, 1865
New production of the Teatro Real, in co-production with De Nationale Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam
Artistic team
Conductor I Dan Ettinger
Stage director I Àlex Ollé
Set designer I Alfons Flores
Costumes designer I Lluc Castells
Lighting designer I Urs Schönebaum
Chorus master I Andrés Máspero
Cast
Dr. Faust I Piotr Beczala
Méphitophélès I Luca Pisaroni
Marguerite I Marina Rebeka
Valentin I Stéphane Degout
Wagner I Isaac Galán
Siébel I Serena Malfi
Marthe I Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
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