SAN FRANCISCO — “Short-term gain; long-term pain” — a few economists might be bandying about that pithy phrase these days. But these words were also irreverently buzzing in my brain during San ...

Composer Charles Gounod titled his opera "Faust," but the story is about Margarethe (the innocent young maiden), and the driving force is Mephistopheles (the devil). The opera does begin with Faust, ...

In the first scene of the opera "Mefistofele," 138 singers, dancers, children and extras cram the stage, in matching white robes and matching masks. The spectacle lasts 25 minutes, and on opening ...

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Throughout Charles Gounod’s five-act tour-de-force, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 27 and 30 at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Hopkins inhabited new and evolving visages of Méphistophélès with ...

Appearances mattered almost as much as sound. At Glyndebourne Festival, rising young mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught was at the centre of a storm over whether she looked sufficiently boy-shaped to play ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s a dark and dazzling work, Gounod’s Faust and a profoundly satisfying experience when it’s done well. The Opera Australia version ...

The curtain goes up at the New York City Opera to reveal a familiar old figure in flowing medieval robes. It is Faust, and as usual he is pulling at his beard and pondering the mysteries of life. But ...

Mark Doss as Méphistophélès (left) and Bryan Hymel as the title character star in the Santa Fe Opera production of "Faust." SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe Opera remains the nation’s pre-eminent summer ...