Pubblicato il apr 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: al Covent Garden è stato sentito ogni stagione tra 1863 e 1911. Jules Barbier and Michel Carré’s libretto is a tale of romance, tentazione, e la battaglia secolare tra le potenze sataniche e la religione. 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, una delle grandi opere della letteratura europea.

David McVicar’s lavish production, la prima volta nel 2004, sets the action in the Paris of Gounod’s later years, alla vigilia della guerra franco-prussiana. Charles Edwards’s designs include a memorable Cabaret d’Enfer and an impressive reconstruction of the Church of Saint-Séverin. Essi trasmettono vividamente lo scontro tra religione e divertimento edonistica, 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, come fatica Marguerite resistere alla tentazione e ottenere la salvezza.

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