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Paul Jules Barbier (8 March 1825 – 16 January 1901) was a French poet, writer and opera librettist who often wrote in collaboration with Michel Carré. He was a noted Parisian bon vivant and man of letters.
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Faust's cabinet Faust, an aging scholar, determines that his studies have come to nothing and have only caused him to miss out on life and love ("Rien! En vain j'interroge"). He attempts to kill himself (twice) with poison but stops each time when he hears a choir. He curses hope and faith, and asks for infernal guidance. Méphistophélès appears (du...
At the city gates A chorus of students, soldiers and villagers sings a drinking song ("Vin ou Bière"). Valentin, leaving for war with his friend Wagner, entrusts the care of his sister Marguerite to his youthful friend Siébel ("O sainte médaille ... Avant de quitter ces lieux"). Méphistophélès appears, provides the crowd with wine, and sings a rous...
Marguerite's garden The lovesick boy Siébel leaves a bouquet for Marguerite ("Faites-lui mes aveux"). Faust sends Méphistophélès in search of a gift for Marguerite and sings a cavatina ("Salut, demeure chaste et pure") idealizing Marguerite as a pure child of nature. Méphistophélès brings in a decorated box containing exquisite jewelry and a hand m...
Marguerite's room / A public square outside her house / A cathedral [Note: The scenes of act 4 are sometimes given in a different order and portions are sometimes shortened or cut in performance.] After being made pregnant and seemingly abandoned by Faust, Marguerite has given birth and is a social outcast. She sings an aria at her spinning wheel (...
The Harz mountains on Walpurgis Night/ A cavern / The interior of a prison Méphistophélès and Faust are surrounded by witches ("Un, deux et trois"). Faust is transported to a cave of queens and courtesans, and Méphistophélès promises to provide Faust with the love of the greatest and most beautiful women in history. An orgiastic ballet suggests the...
Faust. Composer: Charles Gounod. Librettists: Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Source: Faust et Marguerite, drama by Michel Carré, based on incidents from the poetic drama Faust (Erster Teil) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Synopsis:
Faust, opera in five (or sometimes four) acts by French composer Charles Gounod (French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré) that premiered in Paris on March 19, 1859.
librettists, Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, created a musical setting of the legendary tale that premiered in 1859 in Paris. Steeped in the tradition of 19th-century Romantic French opera, their smoothes over some of Faust Goethe’s psychological complexities, but stands as an enormously effective drama, brimming with melody.
Faust is a grand opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1.
Dec 9, 2003 · Faust. Opéra en cinq actes par Jules Barbier & Michel Carré Musique de Charles GounodN. B. The sources for this libretto are the printed libretto for the first performances at L'Opéra de Paris in 1869, published by Calmann-Lévy, Paris nd, called Nouvelle Édition, and its slightly revised edition of 1878/1879.
