World Premiere: Opéra-Comique, Paris, 1846. Berlioz’s magnificent exploration of the Faust legend is a unique operatic journey. The visionary French composer was inspired by a bold translation of ...
The emblematic French opera, one of its greatest successes and, at the same time, in a way, its memory. Gounod recalled having the book by Goethe by his side throughout his youth, even in the gardens ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Selling his soul to the devil for eternal youth is Faust’s – inevitably risky – ...
Je veux un trésor, qui les contient tous ! Je veux la jeunesse ! Frustré par la quête futile du savoir, le vieux savant Faust vend son âme au diable en échange de la jeunesse éternelle et de la belle ...