Gounod's Faust - Song of the Golden Calf (Looking Back Series)

As Méphistophélès (René Pape) appears among the crowd, singing a diabolical Song of the Golden Calf, the crowd realizes that Méphistophélès might not be human afterall...
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this Live in HD presentation of Des McAnuff’s thrilling 2011 production that places the mythical and timeless story in an early 20th-century setting. Rene Pape as Mephistopheles is menacing and elegant in equal measure, and Marina Poplavskaya delivers a searingly intense portrayal of the innocent Marguerite. Russell Braun as her brother, Valentin, shines in his Act II aria. On the podium, Yannick Nezet-Seguin brings out all the lyricism and drama of Gounod’s score.
約納斯．考夫曼( Jonas Kaufmann) 領銜主演古諾的經典歌劇《浮士德》，狄斯．麥雅力夫(Des McAnuff) 執導，將故事背景轉移到二十世紀上半葉。勒內．帕普(Rene Pape) 扮演既險惡亦優雅的梅菲斯托菲勒斯，瑪麗娜．波普拉夫斯卡婭 (Marina Poplavskaya) 飾演純真的瑪格麗特。羅素．布朗飾演她的兄長華倫丁。雅尼克．涅傑瑟貢 (Yannick Nezet-Seguin) 擔任指揮。
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I like the coreography in this interpretation, alongside the overall WWI aesthetic.