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 One. It debuted at the Théâtre Lyrique on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris on 19 March 1859, with influential sets designed by Charles-Antoine Cambon and Joseph Thierry, Jean Émile Daran, Édouard Desplechin, and Philippe Chaperon.
| Librettist | Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (From Michel Carré's play "Faust et Marguerite", based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1") |
| Date of composition | 1858 |
| Premiered | 1859, March 19th (Théâtre Lyrique (Boulevard du Temple)) in Paris, France |
| Type | Opera |
| Approx. duration | 180 minutes |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Voice (Tenor)
- Faust, a philosopher and metaphysician
Voice (Bass-Baritone) - Méphistophélès, a familiar spirit of hell Voice (Soprano) - Marguerite, a young maiden Voice (Baritone) - Valentin, a soldier, Marguerite's brother Voice (Baritone) - Wagner, friend of Valentin Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Siébel, a youth, in love with Marguerite Voice (Contralto) - Marthe Schwertlein, Marguerite's guardian Chorus/Choir - Young girls, labourers, students, soldiers, burghers, matrons, invisible demons, church choir, witches, queens and courtesans of antiquity, celestial voices Orchestra |
| Arrangements |
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Franz Liszt: Valse de l'opéra Faust, S. 407
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| In listings |
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Famous Works
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| Autotranslations beta |
Charles Gounod: Faust Charles Gounod: Faust Charles Gounod: Faust |