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1 videodisc (187 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 15 cm.)
An aging scholar makes a deal with the Devil in exchange for an elixir of youth.
Gounod ; the Metropolitan Opera presents ; Decca ; a Metropolitan Opera high-definition production.
Based on Carré's play 'Faust et Marguerite' and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play 'Faust', part 1.
Performers: Marina Poplavskaya (Soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor), René Pape (Bass). Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Full contents, program notes and plot synopsis in English with French and German translations (35 pages : illustrations (some color)) inserted in container.
Jonas Kaufmann (Faust) ; René Pape (Méphistophélès) ; Marina Poplavskaya (Marguerite) ; Russell Braun (Valentin) ; Michèle Losier (Siébel) ; other singers ; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet.
Blu-ray ; LPCM 26-bit stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio 24-bit surround ; disc format: BD-50.
Blu-ray discs will play only in Blu-ray compatible players including Playstation 3.
Sung in French; optional subtitles in English, French, German, Chinese, Korean; menu in English.
Production, Des McAnuff ; host, Joyce DiDonato ; director, Barbara Willis Sweete ; set designer, Robert Brill ; costume designer, Paul Tazewell ; lighting designer, Peter Mumford ; choreographer, Kelly Devine ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik.