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Méphistophélès, master puppeteer: a new Faust at Lyric Opera of Chicago

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“Christian van Horn negotiated the ruthless side of Méphistophélès with sinister debonair charm”
Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 18 March 2018
Gounod, Faust
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor
Kevin Newbury, Director
Victoria "Vita" Tzykun, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Ailyn Pérez, Marguerite
Benjamin Bernheim, Faust
Christian Van Horn, Méphistophélès
Edward Parks, Valentin
Jill Grove, Marthe
Annie Rosen, Siebel
Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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