“When one of Germany’s most celebrated theatrical directors, Peter Stein, determined to mount a production of the complete uncut ‘Faust,’ Parts 1 and 2, it became an event of national magnitude. Asserting that no one has ever presented an unedited staging of the work, Mr. Stein calls his “Faust” a world premiere, and it has certainly gained the equivalent attention. Tickets for the production, which opened on July 22 at Expo 2000 in this northwestern German city, sold out within hours when sales began in January. The premiere was front-page news in every paper in the country.” – New York Times