Three years ago, Francine Black, artistic director of Berks Opera Company, and her daughter, Tamara Black, the company’s executive director, decided they wanted to present a full production of Charles ...

In its ninth season, BOF will present Charles Gounod’s 1859 Mephistophelian tour-de-force “Faust,” which chronicles its title character’s deal with the devil for youth and love. Sun-Ly Pierce, the ...

It turns out the music and lyrics of Depeche Mode make an apt companion to French composer Charles Gounod’s opera, “Faust.” Mixed Precipitation blends the moody lyrics of the British synth-rock band ...

Though Gounod’s Faust is one of the 20 most performed operas in the United States, a full production of the work is not often staged. With elaborate sets and costuming and the ballet of Act V, houses ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. On a chilly afternoon earlier this month, in the basement of the Minnesota Opera building, the Angel in White performed ...

Written by French composer Charles Gounod in 1859, Faust has often been dismissed as a sentimental mix of religion and romance, with a melodramatic plot and excessive emotion. However, in the Lyric ...

It’s not old age that bedevils the character of Faust. What the title character in Gounod’s opera is seeking — so believes the person portraying him in Tulsa Opera’s season-opening production — is an ...

Will Lyric Opera give the devil his due? Audience members can decide that question for themselves as the company prepares to open a much-anticipated new production of Charles Gounod’s “Faust” as its ...