Busoni: Doktor Faust
by Klaus Michael Bruber
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Actor: Eduardo Arroyo, Ferruccio Busoni, Thomas Hampson, Zurich Opera HouseDirector: Klaus Michael Bruber
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Unknown)
Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 172 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: ArtHaus Musik
Movie Reviews of Busoni: Doktor Faust
Movie Review: A different and Dark Faust
Summary: 4 Stars
Although the libretto of this opera is not based on Goethe's Faust, it has similar profound psychological tones. In short, Faust makes a pact with the Devil to give him powers to obtain whatever he wants, and still he feels empty. He tries love, stealing the Duchess on her wedding day; and fame as a professor, but still the same isolation persists. Only at the end he does something that fulfills him, he gives his life for the life of his son (the eternal perpetuation of life). I am a little bet disappointed that this life given scene is not stressed enough in this production. Otherwise the production is very well done. The music is difficult to perform and has as many styles as one can think, may be stressing the many facets of the mind, although it is always within a dark atmosphere. The staging is appropriately dark with the exception of the first scene, may be the only one in the real world. The rest of the scenes are all dark and out of reality, only portraying Faust's dark psychology. Interestingly, Faust is a baritone and Mephistopheles is a tenor, in contrast to the general perception of the devil having a lower voice. In this opera, the lower and darker character is Faust; Mephistopheles is a steady character with obvious intentions.
Thomas Hampson is just perfect, his singing and his acting is compelling. His music and the acting takes you directly into Faust state of mind.
I strongly recommend you read the booklet before watching the Opera. The interview with Hampson is also worth watching.
This DVD is recommended for those seeking more than just entertainment.
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