The twin themes of Science and Morality loom so large in the Faust legend that it comes as no big surprise that the American-born director Des McAnuff should be thinking of and alluding to Robert J ...

Gounod's Faust is many things: vaudeville act, sentimental romance, Gothic tragedy, Catholic catechism, in short, a wholly unrealistic but winningly schizophrenic work that should be taken about as ...

In James Gibbs’s elegant temple, a programme of top-drawer Haydn and Mozart symphonies interspersed with a brace of Mozart violin concertos might sound like a recipe for low-key polish and politesse.

Review: Gounod’s Faust, English National Opera LONDONERS were posed with a devilish choice on Saturday evening: to watch the Pope pontificating in Hyde Park or pop over to the Coliseum to see Faust ...

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Until Carmen appeared and captivated audiences with its swaggering Hispanic sexiness, Gounod’s Faust was for a mid-19th-century generation the world’s most popular opera. Its genteel yet lubricious ...