Event listing: Faust | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Sun 18 Sep 2011 at 15:00

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

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Performers

The Royal Opera
Evelino Pidò	Conductor
Lee Blakeley	Revival Director
Sir David McVicar	Director
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Vittorio Grigolo	Tenor	Faust
René Pape	Bass	Méphistophélès
Angela Gheorghiu	Soprano	Marguerite
Dmitri Hvorostovsky	Baritone	Valentin
Daniel Grice	Baritone	Wagner
Michèle Losier	Mezzo-soprano	Siebel
Carole Wilson	Mezzo-soprano	Marthe

Reviews of Faust directed by Sir David McVicar

***11

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, May 2025

****1

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, February 2020

****1

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, April 2019

****1

Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre, August 2015

****1

Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, February 2015

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A star-studded Faust at the Royal Opera

David Karlin, 18th September

In this Royal Opera production of Gounod's Faust, there's no question about who's in charge. Not only does the devil get all the best lines, but he bosses the show from beginning to end. Clad in feathered hat, long curly wig and reminiscent of the Laughing Cavalier, René Pape plays Mephistopheles quite superbly, alternating between mercurial bouffe comic lines and extreme sardonic nastiness.

***11