As a college freshman I went to see my first opera: Faust, performed at the San Antonio, TX, Municipal Theater, with stars from the Metropolitan Opera in NYC. I remembered the finale with Marguerita being Saved and lifted into the rafters of Heaven. LOL. But I hadn't found such a deus ex machina treatment on RU-vid until I found this one. Now seeing this beautiful production, like Faust himself I feel young again!
Don't forget the conductor, John Nelson who is a master at this style and always connected to the inner life of the music. There is no Walpurgisnacht probably because the opera house could not afford the amount of overtime the orchestra would demand since this opera is already quite long.
Oui, j’aurais bien aimé être présent, pour découvrir les premiers décors, les premiers chanteurs, leur performance, celle de l’orchestre et quel a été l’accueil du public à cette première. Il y aurait sûrement beaucoup à dire…
currocarreres Very well done indeed. The central cast performed very well. Samuel Ramey is an absolute wonder my friends. Sincerely Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Es lamentable que los responsables de la puesta en escena desconozcan la intención del autor. Fausto es una obra maestra, con una hermosa mirada de fe. Parece que el registro olvidó ésto.
I suspect that because Goethe was anti clergy as was Gounod, that indeed he's the devil in the church. In other productions, note that Marguerite does not repent to a priest. She reaches salvation only by her faith and without the help of the church.
@@TeachUBusiness As regards Gounod, I am not sure that he was anticlerical... His highest desire was to be a religious composer but is best remembered for his operas (Faust, Mireille, Romeo et Juliette...). But he also composed many oratorios (Mors et Vita, Les sept dernières paroles du Christ...), religious pieces (Ave Maria on Bach's 1st Prelude is the best known) and also the Marche Pontificale which still serves as Vatican national anthem... For Mephisto as the priest at the end, this is not in the libretto but a choice of Robert Carsen who likes to play with religious symbols (I remember his Magic Flute in Aix-en-Provence in 1994 : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vcD-4nla3TQ.html)
Nothing doing. Mephisto is at an altar. Goes against everything. The devil would not be able to be in a church, let alone at the altar and dressed with clerical clothes! Ha!
Nonsense. Pick up a Bible---he goes freely to the very throne of God to slander the saved (Job) and he has no trouble conversing with Jesus at the top of the temple. This stuff is pure Hollywood mythology about fear of crosses and 'holy water'.
Jose Benigno Caceres You make no sense. I was responding to your comment about the implausibility of the devil being in a church at an altar. The devil has no problem being in churches---Hollywood makes up that silliness.
