Nisan Yayınlandı 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: Covent Garden'da her mevsim arasında duyuldu 1863 ve 1911. Jules Barbier and Michel Carré’s libretto is a tale of romance, ayartma, ve şeytani güçler ve din arasındaki asırlık savaş. 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, Avrupa edebiyatının en büyük eserlerinden biri.

David McVicar’s lavish production, İlk görülen 2004, sets the action in the Paris of Gounod’s later years, Fransa-Prusya Savaşı arifesinde. Charles Edwards’s designs include a memorable Cabaret d’Enfer and an impressive reconstruction of the Church of Saint-Séverin. Onlar canlı din ve hedonist eğlence arasındaki çatışmayı iletmek, 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, Marguerite mücadele olarak günaha karşı ve kurtuluş kazanmak için.

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