Gepubliseer op April 10, 2014
Angela Gheorghiu as Marguerite sings the Jewel Song from Act III of Gounod’s Faust.

Charles-François Gounod’s Faust was once one of the most famous and most performed of all operas: by Covent Garden dit hoor elke seisoen tussen 1863 en 1911. Jules Barbier and Michel Carré’s libretto is a tale of romance, versoeking, en die eeue-oue stryd tussen sataniese magte en godsdiens. It is based on Carré’s play Faust et Marguerite, which in turn is based on Part I of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s dramatic poem Faust, een van die groot werke van die Europese letterkunde.

David McVicar’s lavish production, eerste gesien in 2004, sets the action in the Paris of Gounod’s later years, op die vooraand van die Frans-Pruisiese Oorlog. Charles Edwards’s designs include a memorable Cabaret d’Enfer and an impressive reconstruction of the Church of Saint-Séverin. Hulle beleef dra die botsing tussen godsdiens en hedonistiese vermaak, and provide a powerful backdrop to Gounod’s score. Faust contains much-loved musical highlights including the memorable Soldiers’ Chorus, Méphistophélès’s rowdy ‘Song of the Golden Calf’, and Marguerite’s Jewel Song with its dazzling coloratura. The opera’s final scene includes an impassioned trio between Faust, Marguerite and Méphistophélès, as Marguerite sukkel om versoeking te weerstaan ​​en redding te verkry.

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