Faust (Buenos Aires, 2016): Reactions, Part I
sorry it took so long on the turnaround everyone: work and life got a little busier than i planned last week lol
that’s a big chalkboard
depressed santa
psa within the unrelated psa that is this opera: if you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, PLEASE reach out for help. you are loved. life will get better.
addendum to the psa (that IS related to the psa of the opera): do NOT, however, call on satan if you are experiencing suicidal thoughts.
this is the end of the psa (for now)
satan just takin’ a little stroll through the audience!
how are you doubting his power when he just magically showed up right after YOU invoked him
look, he’s a tenor, he HAS to want the soprano(s) first
okay that’s actually kinda clever: méphisto shows faust the vision but we the audience are not privy to it
poof! look! a horny young tenor!
“corrupting a soul! ooh! this will be fun!”
nice chorus costume palette!!!
girls and fortresses are NOT the same nor should they be treated the same
also: why is the choreography PAINFULLY giving “high school musical theatre”
intimidation
giving siébel a sweater vest and glasses is Objectively Correct
“and now let us take off our hats for the Baritone National Anthem”
ONE OF THE GREATEST VILLAIN BANGERS RIGHT HERE, EVERYONE
what are you doing to my poor boy
tfw the new guy at the party is acting like a creepy stalker
why is it a gun? how’s he gonna ward off méphisto with that?
or that works too
well at least he nabbed a couple of méphisto’s assistants i guess
okay, so a bit of a tangent here:
i’ve never read the goethe but in boito’s mefistofele, the whole shtick is that mefistofele is trying to steal away a soul from god and that soul is faust’s. but here méphisto is talkin’ about marguerite and how SHE is directly protected by god, and of course bad boy here is gonna corrupt HER as well over the next few acts.
so a) is this idea of “satan trying and ultimately failing to steal souls held in particularly high esteem by god just for the satisfaction of getting one over on god” a theme in the goethe and b) did gounod/his librettists (“savannah the opera is not based directly on goethe” i know) and boito just put it in their operas but used opposite characters to do so?
anyway back to the opera
she pwetty (also what is that snack)
get ‘im
“you don’t have to respect her boundaries or choices, y’know” stop iiiiiiiiiiiiiit
long live the party! (also love the demon assistants closing the curtains lol)
