Faust (Metropolitan Opera)
When this Des McAnuff Production opened in London it was not well received. I wasn't in town at the time but am fortunate to have been able to catch it in New York. Fortunate for the absolutely stellar casting anyway, the production is, as has been widely commented, a total damp squib.To get the grubby bit out the way, the staging is hopeless but for the most part pretty non-intrusive. Gounod's opera is essentially t…