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Work: Faust

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ComposerGounod, Charles (1818-1893)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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AmsterdamStéphane Denève conducts Gounod's original FaustConcert performance

Het Concertgebouw
Gounod: Faust
Stéphane Denève; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor); Vannina Santoni; Pene Pati

PoznańFaust

Poznań Opera House
Gounod: Faust
Antonello Allemandi; Karolina Sofulak; Poznań Opera; Charles Edwards; Sue Willmington; Poznań Opera Orchestra

LiègeFaustNew production

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Gounod: Faust
Giampaolo Bisanti; Thaddeus Strassberger; Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège; Giuseppe Palella; Orchestra de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
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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. 
***11
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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. 
****1
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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

Opéra de Paris
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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