Published on 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: ing Covent Garden iku krungu saben mangsa antarane 1863 lan 1911. Jules Barbier and Michel Carré’s libretto is a tale of romance, panggodha, lan perang umur-lawas antarane kakuwasan setan lan agama. 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, salah siji karya gedhe literatur Éropah.

David McVicar’s lavish production, pisanan katon ing 2004, sets the action in the Paris of Gounod’s later years, ing Kawa saka Perang Franco-Prussian. Charles Edwards’s designs include a memorable Cabaret d’Enfer and an impressive reconstruction of the Church of Saint-Séverin. Padha vividly ngirim tawuran antarane agama lan hiburan hedonistic, 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, minangka Marguerite perjuangan kanggo nolak kang bisa nggodha lan gain kawilujengan.

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