Doktor Faust

Ferruccio Busoni Doktor Faust opera to libretto by the composer. Directed 2006 by Klaus Michael Grüber  at the Zurich Opera House. Stars Thomas Hampson, Günther Groissböck, Gregory Kunde, Reinaldo Macias, Sandra Trattnigg, Martin Zysset, Andreas Winkler, Thilo Dahlmann, Matthew Leigh, Giuseppe Scorsin, Tomasz Slawinski, Gabriel Bermúdez, Randall Ball, and Miroslav Christoff. Philippe Jordan conducts Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House (Chorus Master Jürg Hoffmann). Set design by Eduardo Arroyo; costumes by Eva Dessecker; lighting by Jürgen Hoffmann; directed for TV by Felix Breisach. Released 2009, disc features 7.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: C

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