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Faust.(performances during 2004-05 Metropolitan Opera season)(includes opera plot, cast, background)(Calendar)
Publication: Opera News Publication Date: 01-APR-05 Author: Barbier, Jules ; Carre, Michel
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.
BROADCAST OF APRIL 30, 2005, 1:30 P.M.
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK
THE 2004-05 METROPOLITAN OPERA BROADCAST SEASON IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS GRANTS FROM THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION AND THE VINCENT A. STABILE FOUNDATION
FAUST THE CAST (in order of vocal appearance) Faust tenor, ROBERTO ALAGNA Mephistopheles bass, RENE PAPE Wagner bass, PATRICK CARFIZZI Valentin bar., DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY Siebel mezzo, KRISTINE JEPSON Marguerite soprano, SOILE ISOKOSKI Marthe mezzo, JANE BUNNELL Conducted by JAMES LEVINE Production: Andrei Serban Set and costume designer: Santo Loquasto Lighting designer: Duane Schuler Choreographer: Nikolaus Wolcz Chorus master: Raymond Hughes Musical preparation: Jane Klaviter, Steven Eldredge, Denise Masse, Steven Crawford Assistant stage directors: Stephen Pickover, Zoe Pappas, Leo Iizuka Prompter: Jane Klaviter Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund THE SCENES Timings (ET) (Germany, 16th c.) PROLOGUE 1:30- ACT I A village square -2:20 ACT II Marguerite's house 2:48-3:37 ACT III 4:06- Sc. 1 The church Sc. 2 A village square Sc. 3 Marguerite's house Sc. 4 A village square EPILOGUE -4:55 Announcer: Margaret Juntwait Audio director: Jay David Saks INTERMISSION FEATURES Producer: Michael Bronson Timings "OPERA NEWS on the Air" 2:20-2:48 Brian Zeger talks about parallel "Faust scenes" in Berlioz, Schumann, Busoni Mirella Freni in conversation with Lisa Simeone Metropolitan Opera Quiz *...
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