Faust

Faust with a score by Charles Gounod and a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré was performed initially on 19 March 1859 at the Théâtre-Lyrique du Boulevard du Temple. Goethe ’s peom had been on the composer’s mind for more than a score of years, and he had resolved to write a musical account of the story of Faust, Marguerite, and Méphistophélès as soon as he had seen Carré’s version of the German poem in 1850. Barbier was eager to work on the project, and Carvalho agreed to put it on at…