Opera on 3 - Live from the Met - 29/11/2008

Berlioz's La damnation de Faust Launching the 2008 season of Live from the Met broadcasts from New York, James Levine conducts tenor Marcello Giordani as Faust and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham as Marguerite in Berlioz's adaptation of Goethe's story of a man who sells his soul to the Devil. In a story that is more romantically focused than the Goethe version, the evil Mephistopheles introduces Faust to Marguerite and causes them to fall in love. Faust is tricked into selling his soul to save the woman he loves, ultimately sacrificing himself so that she might reach heaven. Presented by Margaret Juntwait, with guest commentator Ira Siff. Marguerite ...... Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Faust ...... Marcello Giordani (tenor) Mephistopheles ...... John Relyea (bass) Brander ......Patrick Carfizzi (bass) Chorus and Orchestra of New York Metropolitan Opera James Levine (conductor).