Alejo Pérez conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in this performance of Charles Gounod's opera at the 2016 Salzburg Festival. Piotr Beczala performs the title role with Ildar Abdrazakov starring as Méphistophélès and Maria Agresta as Marguerite.

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Teatro Regio Torino Orchestra and Chorus in this production of Verdi's opera, performed in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the theatre's reopening in 1973. The cast includes Ramón Vargas in the title role, with Svetlana Kasyan as Elisabeth of Valois, Ildar Abdrazakov as Philip II and Ludovic Tézier as Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa.