Faust intends to win his heart’s desires, even if it costs him his soul: led into temptation by the charming Méphistophélès, the ageing academic swaps moral restraint for a salacious journey through ...

Its redemptive ending inspired Mahler to mind-blowing music, Gounod wrote one of the greatest soprano roles for its tragic heroine, and some of us first encountered it via Tintin, but, argues AN ...

“A Faust story” describes a certain type of tale: A man sells his soul to the devil in exchange for youthful beauty, the satisfaction of lustful desires, or earthly happiness. Johann Wolfgang von ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Gounod (1818-1893), the most celebrated French composer in his time, known today for his opera Faust (1859) and the prayer in song Ave ...

Gounod’s erotically-charged Faust has thrilled audiences since its Paris premiere in 1859. The mingling of sex, sin and religion in the legend of the philosopher who sells his soul to the Devil is ...

Gounod's Faust was the most popular French opera of the 19th century, but Gounod's personal life was at least as colourful as his stage works... Gounod is an intriguing fellow, an endearing mix of the ...