A new production of the opera "Faust," featuring visual elements by artist John Frame, premiered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in March and will have its West Coast debut at Portland Opera in June.

It’s not difficult to reimagine the classic “Faust,” the quintessential story of man making a bargain with the devil, in contemporary times. Director Lileana Blain-Cruz had only to look at modern ...

There are myriad tales of people making deals with the devil, but they all share similar endings (spoiler alert: bad things happen). Although the outcomes are predictable, we’re still drawn to these ...