Publicado Abr 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: no Covent Garden foi oída cada tempada entre 1863 e 1911. Jules Barbier and Michel Carré’s libretto is a tale of romance, tentación, ea vella batalla entre os poderes satánicos e relixión. 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, unha das grandes obras da literatura europea.

David McVicar’s lavish production, visto por primeira vez en 2004, sets the action in the Paris of Gounod’s later years, na véspera da Guerra Franco-Prusiana. Charles Edwards’s designs include a memorable Cabaret d’Enfer and an impressive reconstruction of the Church of Saint-Séverin. Eles vividamente transmitir o enfrontamento entre relixión e entretemento hedonista, 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, como se está traballando Marguerite para resistir a tentación e gañar a salvación.

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