The Warner Presents The Met: Live in HD, Gounod’s Faust on 12/17

The Warner The Met: Live in HD series will continue with an encore presentation of Gounod's,Faust on Saturday, December 17 at 1pm.

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod's classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn't be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.

Tickets for this event are $20, $18 for seniors and students and $10 for children 13 & under. To purchase tickets you can call the Warner box office at 860-489-7180 or go online to www.warnertheatre.org/metopera.htm.

The Warner Theatre will offer a complimentary pre-broadcast lecture to all ticket holders given by opera expert Nunzio DeFilippis from 10:30-11:15.

Promotional Sponsor for The Met: Live in HD Series is Lakeville Interiors.