Event listing: Faust by Charles Gounod | Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric | Fri 20 Apr 2012 at 19:30

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Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric140 W. Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

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Programme

Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)

Faust

Performers

Lyric Opera Baltimore
James Meena	Conductor
Bernard Uzan	Director
Concert Artists of Baltimore Orchestra
Bryan Hymel	Tenor	Faust
Stefania Dovhan	Soprano	Marguerite
Lee Poulis	Baritone	Valentin
Kristopher Irmiter	Bass	Méphistophélès
Irene Roberts	Mezzo-soprano	Siebel

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When, in 1859, Gounod’s Faust premiered in Paris, it got an icy cold reception. In fact, shocking as it may sound to anyone even slightly familiar with this opera’s glorious arias, breathtaking duets and melodious ensembles, it got rejected by Paris Opera on the grounds of not being sufficiently “showy”.

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