FAUST
Soloists : Vincent Guérin – Faust, Lise Nougier – Marguerite, Halidou Nombre – Méphisto,
Florent Karrer – Valentin & Lyriel Benameur – Siebel
Chœur Opéra de Mâcon Symphonies & du Conservatoire Edgar Varèse
Choir preparation: Dania El Zein & Nicolas Parisot / acc. Dasom Jeong
Director: Catherine Dumousseau-Burthier / Costumes: Claire Bourloux
Ensemble Sinfonia Lumina – musical director: David Hurpeau
Gounod’s opera contrasts the thirst for knowledge and the bewitching appeal of desire with the duality of good and evil. It tells the fascinating story of Faust, the tormented scholar who, in his quest for meaning and the absolute, makes a fateful pact with the dark forces personified by Mephistopheles. At the heart of this dramatic fresco, forbidden love and the quest for redemption mingle with the eternal challenges of the human soul. An invitation to (re)discover the timeless splendor of Gounod’s Faust, sublimated in a version cleverly condensed to make it accessible to all.
Charles Gounod’s Faust is one of the best-known French operas in the world. It was first performed in 1859, based on the play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, with libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.
In partnership with Théâtre, scène nationale de Mâcon
Booking and information: Théâtre, scène nationale de Mâcon
Tel: 03 85 22 82 99 – www.theatre-macon.com
