Faust, Part One

About the show

The Lord wagers that Mephistopheles cannot lead the striving scholar Faust astray. Mephistopheles offers Faust worldly pleasures in exchange for his soul if Faust ever wishes a moment to last. Faust's pursuit of Gretchen brings seduction, her mother's death through a sleeping potion, her brother's death, and Gretchen's imprisonment after infanticide. Faust tries to free her, but she refuses to flee; a heavenly voice announces her salvation.