Back to San Jose a couple of days later to see the “other” cast from the one seen earlier. The sets were the same, of course, and Mephistopheles still garroted Faust in the finale.
Our cast:
Faust: Alexander Boyer
Mephistopheles: Branch Fields
Marguerite: Jasmina Halimic
Valentin: Krassen Karagiozov
Marthe: Tori Grayum
Siebel: Cathleen Candia
Wagner (no relation): Jo Vincent Parks
Conductor: Joseph Marcheso
Director: Brad Dalton
Alexander Boyer sang strongly, though in the first act I was distracted by his eyes, which kept moving from here to there to somewhere else. Branch Fields lacked the power that Silas Elash had brought to the earlier performance, but he moved around the stage with greater alacrity and agility. Jasmina Halimic made a delightful Marguerite, and Krassen Karagiozov sang a fine Valentin. Not as many goosebumps as the previous evening, but nevertheless a very satisfying performance. Definitely a beta.
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