Opera returns in style to the Teatre Principal in Palma. Charles Gounod's Faust opens the 41st Opera Season with one of the great titles of the French repertoire, performed in its original version and with costumes designed by Christian Lacroix. 🎶🎭

A production by the Opéra de Lille, co-produced with the Opéra-Comique in Paris and the Palazzetto Bru Zane in Venice, staged by Denis Podalydès and conducted by Alejandro Cantalapiedra with the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra and the Teatre Principal Chorus.

🎶 FAUST

📅 Wednesday 28 and Friday 30 October, and Sunday 1 November 2026

🕐 8.00 pm (Sunday 1 November, 6.00 pm)

📍 Sala Gran, Teatre Principal de Palma

🎟️ From €10 to €90

📖 The story

The old scholar Faust is ready to strike a deal with the devil to regain knowledge, youth and earthly power. Méphistophélès grants him everything in exchange for his soul, and it is young Marguerite who ends up paying the price.

Gounod worked with librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, who adapted their own stage play, itself inspired by Goethe's Faust. The opera premiered on 19 March 1859 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.

🎭 The cast

Nicolas Cavallier (Méphistophélès), Sunnyboy Dladla (Faust), Veronica Granatiero (Marguerite), Yiorgo Ioannou (Valentin), Begoña Gómez (Siébel), Laura Vila (Dame Marthe) and Joan Miquel Muñoz (Wagner). Set design by Éric Ruf and lighting by Bertrand Couderc.

ℹ️ Good to know: running time approx. 210 minutes. Sung in French with surtitles in Catalan, Spanish and English. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Accessible performance with hearing loop and amplified sound (limited units). On Sunday there is a free children's play service, Principal Menut, bookable when buying tickets.

✨ Gounod, Lacroix and the Symphony Orchestra at the Principal: a season opener no opera lover should miss.