#the insta-baby staging here does undermine the impact a bit

[shredsandpatches]

So I know I'm kind of a weirdo in that my favorite operatic (-adjacent) Faust adaptation is Berlioz, but that doesn't mean I won't admit that when the Gounod version slaps, it slaps HARD.

(I feel like the blocking here falls down a little at the end but still)

#while playing the ending of this sequence as marguerite going into labor is something you can and really should do #the insta-baby staging here does undermine the impact a bit #faust #gounod #hot faust summer #i also think mephistopheles should be even more up in her business than he is here #but the singing! #*chef's fucking kiss* #i had a whole thing ready to go about what resonates with me in berlioz over gounod #which boils down to 'berlioz is interested in faust the character and gounod isn't' #and what that says about my relationship to my own gender #but i start work in like ten minutes #also idk if i'm ever in the gounod version maybe i'll fall harder for it #(i do think i would be a great marthe 😉) #Youtube