Faust - Synopsis  Faust - Synopsis  Act One Faust has spent a
lifetime in the study of philosophy. Disillusioned, he resolves
to poison himself. A visit from his students after a night on
the town, painfully reminds him of his lost youth. He curses God
and calls for the devil. Mephistopheles obligingly appears. He
offers Faust riches, power, or glory but Faust wants only youth
and women. Mephistopheles agrees: on earth Faust will be master,
but in the world below roles will be reversed. When Faust
hesitates, Mephistopheles conjures up a vision of Marguerite.
Faust signs the contract and is transformed.  Act Two A fair is
in town and the citizens are on holiday. Valentin is concerned
about leaving Marguerite, his sister, unprotected. He and Wagner
are leaving for the war with the other soldiers. Wagner starts a
song to cheer them up but is interrupted by Mephistopheles, who
sings a wilder one. Mephistopheles tells fortunes: Wagner, it
seems, will be killed in his first battle, any flowers that
Siebel picks wil