Gounod's Faust at Kent Station

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success. Approximate running time: 4 hours, 10 minutes. This new high-concept production has mixed reviews. Click here for the one in the New York Times. (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/arts/music/a-review-of-the-metropolitan-operas-faust.html) And here's the Time Out Theatre review, which is available in video format. (http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/theater_reviews/151803/time-out-theater-review---faust-)