[The queer Shopping Cart-a Magna: Frank Castorf stages Gounod’s “Faust” at Staatsoper Stuttgart, delivers a genius evening on all accounts, and turns Siebel into a lady, too. Paris, mon amour! – Mandy Fredrich (Marguerite) and Josy Santos (Siebel) going shopping in Gounod’s “Faust”, Stuttgart 2016. – Photo Credit: Thomas Aurin]
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And as if this evening needed another reason: there is IRIS VERMILLION as Marthe (excuse me while I bite into my pillow and scream for a minute). ARTE, please get on this, in case I won’t make it to Stuttgart for one of the remaining three November dates (there are three more in January, though).
[So. This. – Iris Vermillion (Marthe) in Gounod’s “Faust as staged by Frank Castorf, Stuttgart 2016. – Photo Credit. Thomas Aurin]