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©2011
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2 videodiscs (187 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on Carré's play 'Faust et Marguerite' and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play 'Faust', part 1
Disc 1. Acts 1, 2 & 3 -- Disc 2. Acts 4 & 5
An aging scholar makes a deal with the Devil in exchange for an elixir of youth
Full contents, program notes and plot synopsis in English, French and German (27 pages : illustrations) inserted in container
Includes bonus: Backstage at the Met, Debbie Miller, director
Production, Des McAnuff ; host, Joyce DiDonato ; director, Barbara Willis Sweete ; set designer, Robert Brill ; costume designer, Paul Tazewell ; lighting designer, Peter Mumford ; choreographer, Kelly Devine ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik
Jonas Kaufmann (Faust) ; René Pape (Méphistophélès) ; Marina Poplavskaya (Marguerite) ; Russell Braun (Valentin) ; Michèle Losier (Siébel) ; other singers ; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Not rated (FSK 0)
DVD; LCPM stereo, DTS surround; NTSC; aspect ration 16:9; all regions
Sung in French; optional subtitles in English, French, German, Chinese, Korean