FAUST
Opera Naples
"Devilishly clever… satanically spellbinding… fiendishly lovely… a new standard for the company." NAPLES DAILY NEWS
Concept & Direction: Jeffrey Marc Buchman
Choreographer: Rosa Mercedes
Lighting Designer: Donald Edmund Thomas
Set Design: Jeffrey Marc Buchman
Donald Edmund Thomas
Faust: Anthony Kearns
Marguerite: Lina Tetriani
Mephistopheles: Gary Simpson
Valentin: Luis Ledesma
"His equal here is Jeffrey Marc Buchman, a Luciano Pavarotti voice competition winner who has applied his operatic experience to stage and set direction. Even his details say volumes: Witness the searing scene of bedraggled soldiers limping home from battle, still singing its praises "Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux" and handing a child their sword to raise for the next generation.
His liberal use of the two dancers to interpret temptation and emotion -- not to mention moving a set or two -- is, well, devilishly clever."
NAPLES NEWS