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Charles Gounod, Faust

Introduction

I, 1: "Rien! En vain j'interroge"

I, 1: "Mais, ce Dieu que peut-il pour moi?"

I, 2: "A moi les plaisirs"

II, 1: Chœur de la kermesse: "Vin ou bière"

II, 2: "O Sainte Médaille"

II, 2: "Avant de quitter ces lieux"

II, 3: "Le veau d'or est toujours debout"

II, 3: "Merci de ta chanson"

II, 3: "De l'enfer qui vient émousser nos armes"

II, 4: "Nous nous retrouverons, mes amis"

II, 5: Valse: "Ainsi que la brise légère"

II, 5: "Ne permettrez vous pas ma belle demoiselle"

III, 1: Introduction

III, 1: "Faites-lui mes aveux"

III, 2: "C'est ici?"

III, 5: "Quel trouble inconnu me penêtre!"

III, 5: "Alerte! Le voilà"

III, 6: "Je voudrais bien savoir. Il était un roi de Thulé"

III, 6: Air des bijoux: "Un bouquet!... O Dieu! Que de bijoux!"

III, 7: "Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je!"

III, 8: "Prenez mon bras un moment"

III, 8: "Il était temps!"

III, 8: "Il se fait tard!"

III, 8: "O nuit d'amour! ... Ciel radieux!"

IV, 1: Introduction

IV, 1: "Elles ne sont plus là"

IV, 3: "Déposons les armes!"

IV, 3: "Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux"

IV, 4: "Allons, Siebel!"

IV, 5: "Vous qui faites l'endormie"

IV, 6: "Que voulez-vous, Messieurs"

IV, 7: "Par ici, par ici, mes amis"

IV, 7: "Ecoute-moi bien, Marguerite"

V, 1: "Dans les bruyères"

V, 1: "Jusqu'aux premiers feux du matin"

V: Musique de ballet: les Nubiennes

V: Musique de ballet: danse de Phryné

V, 1: "Que ton ivresse, Ô volupté!"

V, 2: "Va-t-en!"

V, 2: "Mon cœur est pénétré"

V, 2: Trio: "Alerte alerte..."

V, 2: "Sauvée! Christ est réssuscité"

Gounod's Faust

Stefano Poda (stage director), Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) — With Charles Castronovo (Doctor Faust), Ildar Abdrazakov (Méphistophélès) and Irina Lungu (Marguerite)

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Cast

Stefano Poda — Choreographer, stage director, lighting, stage sets and costumes

Charles Castronovo — Tenor (Doctor Faust)

Ildar Abdrazakov — Bass (Méphistophélès)

Irina Lungu — Soprano (Marguerite)

Vasilij Ladjuk — Baritone (Valentin)

Ketevan Kemoklidze — Mezzo-soprano (Siébel)

Samantha Korbey — Mezzo-soprano (Marthe)

Program notes

The story of Faust, protagonist of the timeless tragedy by Goethe, needs no introduction. It has inspired countless retellings and adaptations on stage and screen—and few are better-known or more beloved than Gounod's Faust, one of the most popular works in the French repertoire. In this splendid 2015 production, the Teatro Regio Torino's musical director Gianandrea Noseda takes on the work for the first time in his career to excellent results!

Stage director Stefano Poda—also in charge of set design (as well as costumes and lighting)—creates striking effects with a giant black ring at center stage that projects disquieting shadows on the singers. He relies on an all-star cast to pull off his vision: Charles Castronovo, dramatically and vocally convincing in the title role; Ildar Abdrazakov, a mainstay on the world's biggest opera stages and a memorable Mephistopheles; and Irina Lungu, who brings her crystalline timbre to the innocent Marguerite. The orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Regio are impeccably conducted by Noseda and Claudio Fenoglio, plunging us with suspense and wonder into the world of this legendary tale…

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