Kuchapishwa Aprili 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: katika Covent Garden watu wakapata habari kila msimu kati 1863 na 1911. Jules Barbier and Michel Carré’s libretto is a tale of romance, majaribu, na umri wa miaka vita kati ya mamlaka ya kishetani na dini. 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, moja ya kazi kubwa ya fasihi ya Ulaya.

David McVicar’s lavish production, kwanza kuonekana katika 2004, sets the action in the Paris of Gounod’s later years, katika usiku wa Franco-Prussia Vita. Charles Edwards’s designs include a memorable Cabaret d’Enfer and an impressive reconstruction of the Church of Saint-Séverin. Wao vividly kufikisha mapambano kati ya dini na burudani 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, kama Marguerite mapambano ya kupinga majaribu na kupata wokovu.

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