Great Performances

Great Performances at the Met: La Damnation de Faust (37x10)

Air date: Feb 28, 2009

Hector Berlioz's opera about making a deal with the Devil gets an updated look thanks to technology in media. Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and Italian tenor Marcello Giordani star as young lovers faced with the persuasive and wicked Méphistophélès, played by Canadian bass-baritone John Relyea. The production is sung in French, with English subtitles.