Faust

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Gounod’s Faust is one of the most beloved operas in the
repertory, and we hear it in a vintage recording that features Nicolai
Gedda, Victoria de los Angeles, and Boris Christoff.

Playlist:
1:00 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983
1:05 pm
  • Faust: Act I
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestre et ChÅ“urs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra
  • Soloists: Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Boris Christoff, bass
  • Conductor: André Cluytens
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Faust
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 69983
  • Release Year: 1959
1:35 pm
  • Faust: Act II
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestre et ChÅ“urs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra
  • Soloists: Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Boris Christoff, bass ; Ernest Blanc, baritone ; Victor Autran, baritone ; Liliane Berton, soprano
  • Conductor: André Cluytens
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Faust
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 69983
  • Release Year: 1959
2:07 pm
  • Faust: Act III
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestre et ChÅ“urs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra
  • Soloists: Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Boris Christoff, bass ; Ernest Blanc, baritone ; Liliane Berton, soprano ; Rita Gorr, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: André Cluytens
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Faust
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 69983
  • Release Year: 1959
3:00 pm
  • Faust: Act IV
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestre et ChÅ“urs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra
  • Soloists: Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Boris Christoff, bass ; Ernest Blanc, baritone ; Liliane Berton, soprano ; Rita Gorr, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: André Cluytens
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Faust
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 69983
  • Release Year: 1959
3:35 pm
  • Faust: Act V
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestre et ChÅ“urs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra
  • Soloists: Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Boris Christoff, bass
  • Conductor: André Cluytens
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Faust
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 69983
  • Release Year: 1959
4:33 pm
  • Mireille (excerpt)
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestra and Chorus of the Capitole de Toulouse
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • CD/Album: Charles Gounod: Mireille
  • Record co./Cat #: Angel SZCX-3905 [vinyl]
4:37 pm
  • Roméo et Juliette: Ah! lève-toi, soleil!
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Orchestra and Chorus of the Capitole de Toulouse
  • Soloists: Roberto Alagna, tenor
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 56123
  • Release Year: 1998
4:41 pm
  • Roméo et Juliette: Nuit d'hyménée
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Bidú Sayão, soprano ; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor
  • Conductor: Emil Cooper
  • CD/Album: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
  • Record co./Cat #: Soria MET 11 [vinyl]
4:53 pm
  • Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
  • Composer: Richard Wagner
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
  • Release Year: 1983

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