“A Devilish Masterpiece”

Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 8pm
Friday, April 16, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 3pm

Music: Charles Gounod

Libretto: Text in French by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, from the play by Goethe

World Premiere: Paris, Théâtre Lyrique, May 19, 1859

Previous Dayton Opera Productions: 1962, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1998

How much would you give to recapture your youth, or to land the woman of your dreams? Your soul perhaps? In Goethe’s legendary story, steeped in romance, intrigue and spirituality, Faust makes a deal with the devil to restore his youth allowing him to pursue the lovely Marguerite, but is eventuality damned to a hellish fate.

Sung in French with English surtitles.

Principal Sponsor:
     Opera Guild of Dayton

Leadership Sponsors:
     The ELM Foundation 
     Kettering Health Network

Performance Sponsors:
     WHIO-TV
     Brower Insurance Agency
     Drs. Ingrid Brown & Troy Tyner

Entrepreneur Sponsorship Circle Sponsors:
     Dayton Business Journal
     Dayton Marriott Hotel

Pre-Performance Celebration! Sponsor:
     Freund, Freeze & Arnold

Artists:

Faust.......................Scott Piper
Marguerite...............Anne-Carolyn Bird
Mephistopheles.........David Michael
Valentin...................Kyungmook Yum
Siebel......................Audrey Walstrom*
Wagner....................Charles Jebaily*
Marthe.....................Deborah Nansteel* 

Conductor................Joseph Mechavich
Director...................Kathleen Clawson

*denotes Dayton Opera Debut

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