A word with Valery Tscheplanowa about Faust I

Valery Tscheplanowa offers an insight into her approach to the role of Mephisto in Goethe’s Faust I: she speaks of a long-cherished dream that is coming true through this role. Goethe transforms the ancient Faust legend into a portrait of a modern, conflicted individual. Mephisto appears not merely as an antagonist, but as Faust’s dark shadow figure – a driving, seductive and destructive force. Thus, Faust I becomes a drama about insight, desire and the conflicting forces of consciousness.