Irish National Opera's new production of Gounod's FAUST comes to the Gaiety Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2023, and opens on Sunday 1st October at 5pm, with three further performances at 7pm on Tuesday 3rd, Thursday 5th and Saturday 7th October. The Irish National Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by INO's resident conductor Elaine Kelly, who is from Cork.
This production sees the Irish and European debut of rapidly-rising US tenor Duke Kim, “of the most exciting young tenors” (Washington Post). Also in the exceptional cast is soprano Jennifer Davis, who rocketed to fame at The Royal Opera, London in 2018 and returns to INO as Marguerite. The Cahir-born soprano has gone on to triumph on many of the world's greatest stages. Award-winning US baritone Nicholas Brownlee makes his INO debut as Méphistophélès. He has been praised by The New Yorker for his “handsome mahogany tone” and by The New York Times as “charismatic and charming”.
The cast is completed by Wicklow-resident Hungarian baritone Gyula Nagy as Marguerite's brother Valentin, English baritone Mark Nathan as his friend Wagner. Two Irish mezzo-sopranos, Colette McGahon from Dundalk and Gemma Ní Bhriain from Dublin, take the roles of Marguerite's guardian Marthe Schwerlein and her admirer Siébel, a young man whose genuine love contrasts sharply with the warped wishes of Faust and Méphistophélès.
Gounod's FAUST, presented as part of Dublin Theatre Festival, has four performances at the Gaiety Theatre between Sunday 1 and Saturday 7 October 2023.
For more information & tickets see www.irishnationalopera.ie/whats-on/current-upcoming-productions/faust
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