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

By George Jahn, 06 November 2021
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“Palka... was dramatically the best of an exceptionally well-directed cast”
Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 4 November 2021
Programme
Gounod, Faust
Performers
Vienna State Opera
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor
Frank Castorf, Director
Aleksandar Denić, Set Designer
Adriana Braga Peretzki, Costume Designer
Lothar Baumgarte, Lighting Designer
Martin Andersson, Video
Ann-Christine Mecke, Dramaturgy
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
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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George Jahn
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.