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The Participants

Music by Charles-Francois Gounod - Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
After Michel Carré's Faust et Marguerite (1850) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethé's play Faust, Part 1 (1808) in the French translation by Gérard de Nerval (1828).

World premiere at Théatre Lyrique, Paris, March 19,1859

May 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 1999
Ordway Music Theater


Conductor:
  Emmanuel Plasson

Stage Director:

  David Roth
Choreographer:
Michael Farrell
Set Designer:
Earl Staley
Costume Designer:
Gail Bakkom
Lighting Designer:
Marcus Dilliard
Wig Master and Makeup:
  Tom Watson
Fight Choreographer:
  Craig Carlson
Stage Manager:
  Alexander Farino
Assistant Director:
  Emily Manhart
Assistant Conductor
  Joseph Schlefke
French Diction Coach
  Peter Robinson

 

THE CAST
(in order of vocal appearance)

Faust, a philosopher
Paul Charles Clarke
Méphistopheles
  Daniel Sumegi
Valentin, brother of Marguerite
  Grant Youngblood
Wagner, friend of Valentin
  Barret Walz
Siebel, friend of Valentin
  Kathleen Humphrey
Marguerite
  Izabela Labuda
Marthe Schwerleinl, Marguerite's neighbor
  Dede Jorstad

Time: mid-19th century
Place: Germany

An opera in three acts
There will be two intermissions.



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Opera Host: Brandi Parisi
Recording Engineer: Michael Osborne

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Photos by Gary Mortensen


Scenery and props for this production were created for a production by Francesca Zambello for Houston Grand Opera. The angel costumes were designed by Peter J. Hall for Dallas Opera.

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