Posts Tagged ‘Gounod’
The timeless star crossed lovers
Maryland Lyric Opera is presenting their production of Gounod’s opera inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from this weekend. The company’s founder and Executive Director, Brad Clark, came into WBJC to talk about it.
09/15/12 – Faust – 1:00pm
San Francisco Opera Faust by Charles François Gounod Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Approximate Running Time: 3 hour, 30 minutes with 2 intermissions In French Gounod’s Faust remains the most famous operatic treatment of Goethe’s play. Orchestral excerpts from the work include the ballet scene from the fifth act, the Nubian dances, Cleopatra variations, […]
12/10/11 Faust – Gounod 1:00
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Approximate running time 3 hrs. 40 min. With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with […]
