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PARIS—The Paris Opera's new production of Gounod's "Faust" got off to a shaky start. After disagreements with star tenor Roberto Alagna, veteran conductor Alain Lombard walked out a week before the ...

The emblematic French opera, one of its greatest successes and, at the same time, in a way, its memory. Gounod recalled having the book by Goethe by his side throughout his youth, even in the gardens ...

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 ...

French composer Charles Gounod struggled to get into the inner circle at Paris Opera, but his first attempts didn’t set any hearts afire, although the young man showed promise, as critics said, and ...

Whether viewed as a metaphor or a very real entity, the devil has held a morbid fascination for mankind, probably for as long as there has been thought. The impulse to evil in the world and in ...

Rafael Arre, Israel basso, was accorded an ovation at the Opera last night for his performance in the principal role of Faust. Arre was the first foreign artist to sing the role with the Paris Opera ...