“FAUST : Gounod
Original Air Date: 12/10/2011
Cast: Nézet-Séguin; Kaufmann, Poplavskaya, Pape, Braun, Losier
Media: Live in HDMOD Video SID.17510744 Tags: Archive; 2017
Nezet-Seguin’s conducting was one of the best things he’s done at the
Met, and both Kaufmann and Pape were excellent if not exactly erasing
aural memories of Bjorling and Siepi (1950 and 1959). The two blots for me were Poplavskaya as Marguerite and the misconceived production by Des McAnuff which will not disturb listening.
11/16/15 – The Met website continues to show the wrong broadcast date (20th) for this performance.
11/9/15 – This is the first time the Nezet-Seguin/Kaufmann Faust has appeared in the archival series. It was on several times including December 10, 2011 which was the Live in HD Transmission (part of Met Opera on Demand video offerings) and a Toll Brothers matinee. Thanks to Wendell Eatherly for listening to this morning’s introduction (I was in the shower and off to work) Contrary to the Met and Sirius’ postings of 12/20/2011 — which was broadcast on that EVENING as part of regular live transmissions, but not part of the Toll Brothers matinees which make up the broadcast base for archival rebroadcast, the December 10, 2011 Toll Brothers matinee is being broadcast this morning. We’ll see how long it takes before the published Met web page shows the right date.
Nezet-Seguin’s conducting was one of the best things he’s done at the Met, and both Kaufmann and Pape were excellent if not exactly erasing aural memories of Bjorling and Siepi (1950 and 1959). The two blots for me were Poplavskaya as Marguerite and the misconceived production by Des McAnuff which will not disturb listening.”