Gounod, Charles: Margarete/Faust (1856-58) 135'
Opera after Goethe
Music Text
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré; German translation by Georg C Winkler, based on the first German version by Julia Behr; German translation by Helmut Breidenstein and Alfred Schönolt under the title 'Faust' (Marguerite) (G)
Scoring
S,lyrS,dramT,buffoT or S,lyrBar,B,buffoB; chorus; ballet; 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-2harps-strings; On-stage: organ .
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
3/19/1859
Théâtre-Lyrique, Paris
Unknown
Opera after Goethe
Music Text
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré; German translation by Georg C Winkler, based on the first German version by Julia Behr; German translation by Helmut Breidenstein and Alfred Schönolt under the title 'Faust' (Marguerite) (G)
Scoring
S,lyrS,dramT,buffoT or S,lyrBar,B,buffoB; chorus; ballet; 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-2harps-strings; On-stage: organ .
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.
World Premiere
3/19/1859
Théâtre-Lyrique, Paris
Unknown
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