West Bay Opera's "Faust" will be good

John Orr / Daily News Tenor James Callon, right, curses science and faith in the title role of "Faust" during rehearsal at West Bay Opera on May 8, 2015. At left are stage director Ragnar Conde and music director Jose Luis Marcovich. Chorus director Bruce Olstad accompanies on piano. The rehearsal started about 10 minutes late, and Moscovich told everyone they would speed up by 10 percent, which drew a laugh. Then Olstad played a little bit of the fast piano riff he called "woman on the train tracks music," and got a bigger laugh.

John Orr / Daily News Stage director Ragnar Conde, left, and soprano Elizabeth Zharoff, who sings Marguerite, just before the start of rehearsal for "Faust" at West Bay Opera in Palo Alto on May 8, 2015.

John Orr / Daily News Kevin Thompson as Mephistopheles, left, and James Callon in the title role of "Faust," at rehearsal of the West Bay Opera production on May 8, 2015.

John Orr / Daily News West Bay Opera General Director Jose Luis Moscovitch during a rehearsal break for "Faust" on May 8, 2015.

John Orr / Daily News Elizabeth Zharoff as Marguerite rehearses the "Jewel Song (Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir)" on May 8, 2015, at West Bay Opera in Palo Alto.

John Orr / Daily News Kevin Thompson as Mephistopheles leads the chorus and supernumeraries in a devilish dance during rehearsal of "Faust" at West Bay Opera on May 8, 2015.

John Orr / Daily News Chorus members wait for their next calls during rehearsal of "Faust" at West Bay Opera in Palo Alto on May 8, 2015.

John Orr / Daily News Tenor James Callon, seen in the mirror, rehearses "Faust" at West Bay Opera Company in Palo Alto on May 8, 2015.

John Orr / Daily News Lindarae Polaha of San Jose, a member of the chorus for the West Bay Opera production of "Faust," has a stern warning for a photographer at rehearsal on May 8, 2015. Her son Henry Polaha, 15, is a supernumerary in the show.