Gounod: Faust
Plot: 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. René Pape as Méphistophélès is menacing and elegant in equal measure, and Marina Poplavskaya delivers a searingly intense portrayal of the innocent Marguerite


Jonas Kaufmann
René Pape
Marina Poplavskaya
Michele Losier
Russell Braun
Wendy White
Joyce DiDonato
Barbara Willis Sweete
Jules Barbier
Michel Carré
Mia Bongiovanni
Elena Park
Jay David Saks
Charles Gounod
Paul Tazewell
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe