Selling his soul to the devil for eternal youth is Faust’s – inevitably risky – gamble. By joining forces with the diabolical Mephistopheles, the elderly scholar recovers a youthfulness that allows ...

French composer Charles Goudnod’s opera “Faust,” which premiered in the mid-19th century in Paris, is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. The Metropolitan Opera in New York City ...

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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 ...

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 ...