ACT ONE: As the story opens, an aging and decrepit Faust is alone in his study, brooding over his lifelong failure to find wisdom. He decides to kill himself. But just as he's about to drink poison, ...

A new production of the opera "Faust," featuring visual elements by artist John Frame, premiered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in March and will have its West Coast debut at Portland Opera in June.

Marguerite is surely the most innocent of the main characters in Faust. But even she is tempted by the cask of gems that Mephistopheles slyly places outside her door. Finding them, she launches into ...

Charles Gounod’s “Faust” has one of the most lyrical scores in the operatic repertoire, but Michigan Opera Theatre’s production, which opened at the Detroit Opera House Saturday night, is a decidedly ...

The satanic-red staircase looks positively brilliant next to this dull Met production of “Faust,” featuring Piotr Beczala and Marina Poplavskaya, as Faust and Marguerite. Cory Weaver/Metropolitan ...