Desc: Gounod: Faust: Directed by Tiziano Mancini. With Ildar Abdrazakov, Maria Agresta, Piotr Beczala, Tara Erraught. Charles-François Gounod's Faust was once one of the most famous and most performed of all operas and is still cherished today. This is the first performance at the Salzburg Festival.