Méphistophélès steals the show in Staatsoper's Faust

Por George Jahn, 06 noviembre 2021

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“Palka... was dramatically the best of an exceptionally well-directed cast”

Crítica hecha desde Wiener Staatsoper, Viena el 4 noviembre 2021

Gounod, Faust

Wiener Staatsoper

Bertrand de Billy, Dirección

Frank Castorf, Dirección de escena

Aleksandar Denić, Diseño de escena

Adriana Braga Peretzki, Diseño de vestuario

Lothar Baumgarte, Diseño de iluminación

Martin Andersson, Videoarte

Ann-Christine Mecke, Dramaturgia

Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Marguerite

Stephen Costello, Faust

Adam Palka, Méphistophélès

Margaret Plummer, Siebel

Étienne Dupuis, Valentin

Monika Bohinec, Marthe

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

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George Jahn

George Jahn is the former Vienna bureau chief of The Associated Press. During his 35-year career at the global news organization, he covered wars, politics... and opera, reviewing productions at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Bayreuth Festival and other houses in Austria and Germany. He has also written for Opera Now and International Piano magazines in London. Those he has interviewed include Matthias Goerne, Vesselina Kasarova, Thomas Hampson and Mariss Jansons. George holds or shares awards for his reporting on U.N. affairs and for his coverage of the Bosnian war. A Canadian/Hungarian citizen, he splits his time between residences in Vienna and Budapest.

Giving the Devil his due: Méphistophélès steals the show in the Wiener Staatsoper's Faust