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Charles Gounod operas
Faust (1859)
Roméo et Juliette (1867)

“Faust” by Charles Gounod

Premiere / date of written: 19 March 1859

Libretti

# Language Authors
1 French Jules Barbier, Michel Carré
2 English
3 Russian П. И. Калашников

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

Images

Notable videos

  Maya Plisteskaya dances on Gounod's Walpurgis Night

Audio recordings

Year Cast
Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra
Label,
Comment
Buy
1953

DM's pick

Nicolai Gedda,
Boris Christoff,
Victoria de los Ángeles
André Cluytens
Théâtre National de l' Opéra de Paris Orchestra and Chorus
EMI Cat: CMS 5 65256-2; Malibran Cat: CMS5652562 (mono)

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