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Charles Gounod: Faust
opera
Performed in French with Hungarian subtitles
Cast:
| Faust | Daniel Galvez-Vallejo |
| Marguerite | Raphaelle Farman |
| Mephistofeles | Fernand Bernadi |
| Valentin | Jacques Gay |
| Siebel | Schöck Atala |
| Dame Marthe | Éva Szonda |
| Wagner | István Andrejcsik |
Music director: Vincent Monteil and László Molnár
Assistant Director: Katalin Lázár
Stage manager: ….
Prompter: Hajnalka Poór
Set Designer: Kentaur
Costume Designer: Andrea Bartha
Choreographer: Attila Király
Dramaturg: Vörös Róbert
Director: Róbert Alföldi
With:
Choir of National Theater of Szeged (chorus master: Ferenc Koczka)
Ballett of National Theater of Szeged
Symphonic Orchestra of Szeged
Conductor:
Vincent Monteil
László Molnár
About the Performance:
Róbert Alföldi is the prodigy of Hungarian theater. He directed his first opera, Gounod’s Faust, at the National Theater in Szeged in 2003. The production, performed in French, was a co-production of the Opera of Nizza and the French Institute of Budapest. The principal singers were famous French performers.
Alföldi’s new adaptation, this astonishingly contemporary version of Gounod’s piece brought a storm of debates among the critics as well as the audience. Nevertheless, at the end of the season, Alföldi was awarded with the Dömötör prize in Szeged by a public vote.
The French classical channel, Mezzo, which had never showed any Hungarian opera production before, broadcasted Alföldi’s Faust five times in prime time. This allowed opera lovers to see Alföldi’s production all over Europe, including a number of artistic directors of European opera houses who then reached out to work with the young Hungarian director.
