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Work: Faust

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ComposerGounod, Charles (1818-1893)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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ParisFaustConcert performance

© Tatiana Mazzola
Gounod: Faust
Bastien Stil; Orchestre symphonique de la Garde républicaine; Chœur de l'Armée Française; Angélique Boudeville; Iván Ayón-Rivas

MunichFaust

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Gounod: Faust
Patrick Lange; Lotte de Beer; Bavarian State Opera; Christof Hetzer; Jorine van Beek; Benedikt Zehm; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Salvation, damnation and circus magic: Teatro alla Scala’s new Faust

Alex Esposito (Méphistophélès) and Vittorio Grigolo (Faust) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

The Teatro alla Scala closes its season with a visually audacious new production of Faust, directed by Johannes Erath, and driven by Daniele Rustioni’s fiery conducting. 

***11
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Faust at The Royal Opera: competent but uninspiring

Faust © Marc Brenner
Stripped of its original superstar casting, Gounod’s grand opera provides entertainment but fails to cohere. 
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Heartbeat Opera's Faust: an economical deal with the devil

John Taylor Ward (Méphistophélès) and Orson Van Gay II (Faust) © Andrew Boyle
Hot on the heels of their modern-day take on Salome, Heartbeat Opera returns with another economical but inventive staging of a classic. 
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ParisFaust

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Gounod: Faust
Lorenzo Viotti; Tobias Kratzer; Opéra national de Paris; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

MilanFaustNew production

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Gounod: Faust
Daniele Rustioni; Johannes Erath; Teatro alla Scala; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Fabio Antoci; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Bachtrack top ten: Operatic drinking songs

Cavalleria rusticana © ROH | Catherine Ashmore
Libiamo! Crack open a bottle and settle back to enjoy our editors' pick of opera's jolliest drinking songs!