Mephistopheles appears in a puff of smoke and offers up a bargain: He'll grant Faust all the answers to life, and all its passion. In exchange, Faust will yield his soul.

Hector Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust” is an intoxicant, two hours long. It isn’t often performed, which would be reason enough to run to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, where it ...

‘Faust’ ***1/2 This is the season when Lyric Opera of Chicago really gives the devil his due. Settings of the Faust legend by Gounod and Berlioz will take the stage of the Civic Opera House ...

Mephistopheles appears to a disillusioned Faust and offers to be his servant, revealing to him all “earthly” knowledge. The catch is that, in the next world, they will switch roles. Faust ...

Mephistopheles is a fictional figure rooted in German folklore. The character is most notably associated with German author ...