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: at Covent Garden waxaa la maqlay xilli kasta inta u dhaxaysa 1863 iyo 1911. Jules Barbier and Michel Carré’s libretto is a tale of romance, jirrabaadda, oo dagaalkiina da'da jir ah oo u dhexeeya xoogagga shaydaanka iyo diin. 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, mid ka mid ah shuqulkii weynaa oo suugaanta Yurub.
David McVicar’s lavish production, ugu horeysay lagu arkay 2004, sets the action in the Paris of Gounod’s later years, ka hor dagaalkii Franco-Prussian ah. Charles Edwards’s designs include a memorable Cabaret d’Enfer and an impressive reconstruction of the Church of Saint-Séverin. Waxay baaskeeda gudbiyo kulanka u dhexeeya diinta iyo madadaalada 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, sida Marguerite hardan adag in ay iska caabin jirrabaadda oo ay helaan badbaadada.
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