This is the BBC telecast of the Royal Opera House production of Faust. It is a wonderful, if not somewhat unusual, production of one of Gounod's best loved operas. Faust ...... Roberto Alagna (tenor) Mephistopheles ...... Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Marguerite ...... Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Valentin ...... Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Wagner ...... Matthew Rose (bass) Siebel ...... Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) Marthe Schwertlein ...... Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
