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| Composer | Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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AmsterdamStéphane Denève conducts Gounod's original FaustConcert performance
Gounod: Faust
Stéphane Denève; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor); Vannina Santoni; Pene Pati
PoznańFaust
Gounod: Faust
Antonello Allemandi; Karolina Sofulak; Poznań Opera; Charles Edwards; Sue Willmington; Poznań Opera Orchestra
ValenciaFaust de Charles Gounod
Gounod: Faust
Lorenzo Viotti; Johannes Erath; Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Fabio Antoci; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
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Faust at The Royal Opera: competent but uninspiring
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Stripped of its original superstar casting, Gounod’s grand opera provides entertainment but fails to cohere.
Heartbeat Opera's Faust: an economical deal with the devil
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Hot on the heels of their modern-day take on Salome, Heartbeat Opera returns with another economical but inventive staging of a classic.
Scattered borrowings fail to cohere in COC's new Faust
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Amy Lane's scattered borrowings from Tim Burton to Stanley Kubrick fail to cohere in the Canadian Opera Company's new Faust.
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ParisFaust
Gounod: Faust
Lorenzo Viotti; Tobias Kratzer; Opéra national de Paris; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
LilleFaust
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Gounod: Faust
Louis Langrée; Denis Podalydès; Opéra de Lille; Éric Ruf; Christian Lacroix; Bertrand Couderc; Orchestre National de Lille
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Bachtrack top ten: Operatic drinking songs
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Libiamo! Crack open a bottle and settle back to enjoy our editors' pick of opera's jolliest drinking songs!