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LA REVUE HEBDOMADAIRE, 28 Octobre 1893, Pp. 621-627. Nous Ne Voulons Faire Ici Aucune Critique De Son Œuvre
LA REVUE HEBDOMADAIRE , 28 octobre 1893, pp. 621-627. Nous ne voulons faire ici aucune critique de son œuvre; la popularité dont elle jouit dans l’Europe entière suffit à la juger. Charles Gounod, en effet, a eu de son vivant cette joie qui fut refusée à tant de maîtres illustres: se voir compris de la foule et triompher de ses préventions. C’est, d’ailleurs, parce qu’il a exprimé en mélodies caractéristiques des états d’âme familiers à la généralité que Charles Gounod a remporté les succès qui ont fait sa gloire. Les accents qu’il a prêtés à Faust, à Marguerite, à Juliette, à Roméo, restent définitifs pour tous ceux qui recherchent avant tout dans la musique l’écho de leur propre sentiment plutôt que l’expression exacte de la nature d’un personnage déterminé. L’immense majorité des auditeurs demeure peu sensible à la vérité dramatique du théâtre chanté. Pourvu que la musique qui accompagne l’action la séduise, elle n’en demande point davantage: la fortune des opéras de Gounod s’explique en partie par ceci. Nulle musique, en effet, n’est plus séduisante. Les caressantes mélodies que le maître a répandues à profusion dans son œuvre expriment si merveilleusement les sentiments qui, pour le plus grand nombre, accompagnent la notion de passion, qu’elles sont devenues, en passant par bien des bouches, le langage de la passion même. D’après un propos, tenu peu de temps avant sa mort, le maître aurait exprimé le regret sincère d’avoir, par la scène du jardin de Faust , «causé bien des fautes». -
A Gendered Faust
A gendered Faust: The portrayal of gender in the opera Faust (1859) by Gounod (1818–1893) Mietze Annemarie Dill © University of Pretoria A gendered Faust: The portrayal of gender in the opera Faust (1859) by Gounod (1818–1893) by Mietze Annemarie Dill A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MMus (Musicology) in the Department of Music at the University of Pretoria Faculty of Humanities Supervisor: Professor H.H. van der Mescht December 2013 © University of Pretoria ii ABSTRACT This thesis deconstructs the gender symbolism evident in the opera Faust (1859) by Gounod. The objective is to determine the gendered authenticity, originality and contributing nature of the work, acknowledging the Catholic nineteenth-century French context in which it was written. The study aims to establish the nature of the gender constructs portrayed (whether representative of their conservative milieu, or suggestive of unconventionality, liberalism and innovation) and how these portrayals were executed by Gounod and his librettists. An exploration of the construction of Faust and a comparison with Goethe’s Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil (1808), on which the Gounodian creation is loosely based, initiates the study. The theory of performativity by Judith Butler (1990), together with other general gender hypotheses on, for instance, masculine and feminine personalities and perversity, follows. Hereafter, gender in the context of artistic performances, and gender constructs in Christianity are investigated. These general, performance-based and theological theories and ideas are then compared to the gendered characters in Faust. The secular and Catholic gender norms that governed men and women in nineteenth-century France inevitably had an influence on how gender is represented in the opera. -
Les Nuits D'été & La Mort De Cléopâtre
HECTOR BERLIOZ Les nuits d'été & La mort de Cléopâtre SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ROBIN TICCIATI CONDUCTOR KAREN CARGILL MEZZO-SOPRANO HECTOR BERLIOZ Les nuits d’été & La mort de Cléopâtre Scottish Chamber Orchestra Robin Ticciati conductor Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano Recorded at Cover image The Usher Hall, Dragonfly Dance III by Roz Bell Edinburgh, UK 1-4 April 2012 Session photos by John McBride Photography Produced and recorded by Philip Hobbs All scores published by Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel Assistant engineer Robert Cammidge Design by gmtoucari.com Post-production by Julia Thomas 2 Les nuits d’été 1. Villanelle ......................................................................................2:18 2. Le spectre de la rose .................................................................6:12 3. Sur les lagunes ............................................................................5:50 4. Absence ......................................................................................4:45 5. Au cimetière ...............................................................................5:32 6. L’île inconnue .............................................................................3:56 Roméo & Juliette 7. Scène d’amour ........................................................................16:48 La mort de Cléopâtre 8. Scène lyrique ..............................................................................9:57 9. Méditation.................................................................................10:08 Total Time: ......................................................................................65:48 -
Faust Opera Gala
FAUST OPERA GALA Marjukka Tepponen SOPRAN Diana Haller MEZZOSOPRAN Paulo Ferreira TENOR Lucio Gallo BARITON Carlo Colombara BAS Ville Matvejeff DIRIGENT Orkestar Hrvatskog narodnog kazališta Ivana pl. Zajca u Rijeci Ponedjeljak, 14. studenoga 2016., u 19 i 30 sati CHARLES-FRANÇOIS GOUNOD: FAUST Me voici, duet Fausta i Mefista iz 1. čina Solisti: Paulo Ferreira, tenor Carlo Colombara, bas O sainte médaille... Avant de quitter ces lieux, recitativ i arija Valentina iz 2. čina Solist: Lucio Gallo, bariton Salut, demeure chaste et pure, Faustova cavatina iz 3. čina Solist: Paulo Ferreira, tenor Faites-lui mes aveux, Siébelovi kupleti iz 3. čina Solistica: Diana Haller, mezzosopran O Dieu! que de bijoux… Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir, Margaretina arija o nakitu iz 3. čina Solistica: Marjukka Tepponen, sopran Il se fait tard… Laisse-moi, laisse-moi contempler ton visage, duet Margarete i Fausta iz 4. čina Solisti: Marjukka Tepponen, sopran Paulo Ferreira, tenor Vous qui faites l’endormie, Mefistova serenada iz 4. čina Solist: Carlo Colombara, bas Ecoute-moi bien Marguerite, arija Valentina iz 4. čina Solist: Lucio Gallo, bariton Oui, c’est toi que j’aime… Anges purs, anges radieux… Alerte, alerte, ou vous êtes perdus, finalni tercet Margarete, Fausta i Mefista iz 5. čina Solisti: Marjukka Tepponen, sopran Paulo Ferreira, tenor Carlo Colombara, bas *** 2 OPERA GALA WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Don Ottavio, son morta! … Or sai, chi l’onore, recitativ i arija Donne Anne iz 1. čina opere Don Giovanni Solistica: Marjukka Tepponen, sopran GAETANO DONIZETTI: Per questa fiamma indómita, arija Giovanne iz 2. -
Shakespeare Y Roméo Et Julieite De Charles Gounod
SHAKESPEARE Y ROMÉO ET JULIEITE DE CHARLES GOUNOD Por RAMÓN MARÍA SERRERA "Shakespeare aplastó con su genio, con su dinámica propia, a casi todos los compositores que trataron de transformar sus dramas en óperas" (Alejo Carpentier) No podía ser de otra forma. Cuando baja el telón al final de la representación, los dos amantes yacen muertos sobre el es cenario. Él, tras ingerir el veneno, después de creer que su amada Julieta ha bebido una pócima mortal. Ella, autoinrnolándose por amor cuando descubre que Romeo ha puesto fin a su vida. Una vez más, corno en toda auténtica ópera romántica, un destino ab surdo, pero inexorable, impide a los protagonistas hallar la felici dad, la paz o la consumación de su amor en este mundo. Porque el amor romántico es -no lo olvidemos- un amor siempre imposi ble, un amor que se vive desde el sufrimiento y que se enfrenta a barreras y convenciones sociales, étnicas, políticas o familiares siempre infranqueables. En el Romanticismo la felicidad está cla ramente desacreditada. Deben sufrir hasta el límite, hasta poner fin a sus vidas, estos jóvenes amantes protagonistas de una histo ria de amor irrealizable a causa de rivalidades familiares o de clanes: capuletos y montescos, güelfos y gibelinos, zegríes y aben cerrajes ... Lo mismo da. De lo contrario, no serían los personajes principales de una historia de amor romántica. Y Shakespeare fue un gran dramaturgo romántico ... 136 RAMÓN MARÍA SERRERA - SHAKESPEARE Y EL MELODRAMA ROMÁNTICO En su autobiografía Gounod dejó escrito que "para un com positor, no hay sino un camino a seguir para hacerse de un nombre, y éste es el teatro, la ópera. -
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family by Charles Gounod 1 Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family by Charles Gounod The Project Gutenberg EBook of Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music, by Charles Gounod This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music Author: Charles Gounod Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family by Charles Gounod 2 Translator: W. Hely Hutchinson Release Date: April 10, 2011 [EBook #35812] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUTOGIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES *** Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) CHARLES GOUNOD [Illustration: Charles Gounod] CHARLES GOUNOD AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES WITH FAMILY LETTERS AND NOTES ON MUSIC FROM THE FRENCH BY THE HON. W. HELY HUTCHINSON [Illustration: colophon] LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1896 Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family by Charles Gounod 3 [All rights reserved] Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press CONTENTS CHARLES GOUNOD-- PAGE I. CHILDHOOD 1 II. ITALY 54 III. GERMANY 110 IV. HOME AGAIN 127 LATER LETTERS OF CHARLES GOUNOD 173 BERLIOZ 195 M. CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS AND HIS OPERA "HENRI VIII." 209 NATURE AND ART 225 THE ACADEMY OF FRANCE AT ROME 239 THE ARTIST AND MODERN SOCIETY 253 INTRODUCTION The following pages contain the story of the most important events of my artistic life, of the mark left by them on my personal existence, of their Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family by Charles Gounod 4 influence on my career, and of the thoughts they have suggested to my mind. -
EJC Cover Page
Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in the World This article is one of nearly 500,000 scholarly works digitized and made freely available to everyone in the world by JSTOR. Known as the Early Journal Content, this set of works include research articles, news, letters, and other writings published in more than 200 of the oldest leading academic journals. The works date from the mid-seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. We encourage people to read and share the Early Journal Content openly and to tell others that this resource exists. People may post this content online or redistribute in any way for non-commercial purposes. Read more about Early Journal Content at http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/individuals/early- journal-content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF THE OPERA (1669-1919) By J.-G. PROD'HOMME " A NNO 1669."-This hybrid inscription, which may be read above the curtain of the Academie nationale de musique, re- minds the spectators that our foremost lyric stage is a crea- tion of Louis XIV, like its elder sisters the academies of painting and sculpture, of dancing, of inscriptions and belles-lettres, of sciences, and the Academy of Architecture, its junior. -
Charles Gounod
1864 VERSION CHARLES GOUNOD FAUST Aljaž Farasin • Carlo Colombara • Marjukka Tepponen Lucio Gallo • Diana Haller • Ivana Srbljan • Waltteri Torikka Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka Opera Orchestra and Choir Ville Matvejeff Act I 24:56 $ Scene 6: Récitatif: Je voudrais bien 1:32 1 Introduction 6:39 (Marguerite) 2 Scene 1: Rien!… En vain j’interroge – % Scene 6: Chanson du Roi de Thulé: Chorus: Ah! Paresseuse fille 8:27 Ile était un roi de Thulé 6:16 (Faust, Maidens, Labourers) (Marguerite) 3 Récitatif: Mais ce Dieu 1:09 ^ Air des bijoux: Charles (Faust) Ah! Je ris de me voir 3:57 4 Scene 2: Duo: Me voici! 8:41 (Marguerite) GOUNOD (Méphistophélès, Faust) & Scene 7: Scène: Seigneur Dieu... – (1818–1893) Scene 8: Dame Marthe Schwerlein 2:57 Act II 27:15 (Marthe, Marguerite, Méphistophélès, Faust) 5 Scene 1: Chœur: Vin ou bière 4:45 * Scene 8: Quatuor: (Students, Wagner, Soldiers, Citizens, Prenez mon bras un moment! 7:22 Faust Maidens, Matrons) (Faust, Marguerite, Méphistophélès, Marthe) 6 Scene 2: Scène: O sainte médaille – ( Scene 10: Scène: Il était temps! 1:47 Opera in five acts (1858) (London version, 1864) Récitatif: Ah! Voici Valentin – (Méphistophélès) Libretto by Jules Barbier (1825–1901) and Michel Carré (1822–1872) Invocation: Avant de quitter ces lieux – ) Scene 11: Duo: Il se fait tard – Scene 3: Pardon! 6:47 Scene 12: Scene: Tête folle! – Additional text by Onésime Pradère (1825–1891) (Valentin, Wagner, Siébel, Students, Méphistophélès) Scene 13: Il m’aime 13:53 Sung in French 7 Ronde du Veau d’or: (Marguerite, Faust, Méphistophélès) Le veau d’or est toujours debout! 1:56 (Méphistophélès, Siébel, Wagner, Chorus) Act IV 46:13 Faust .............................................................................................. -
21M.013J the Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture Spring 2009
MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu 21M.013J The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture Spring 2009 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit: http://ocw.mit.edu/terms. Gounod, Faust Ellen T. Harris 1. Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893) compare: Liszt (1811-1886); Goethe (1749-1832) Early years and Rome •as a child, Gounod showed great abilities in drawing and music •at the age of 19 (1837), he won second place in the Prix de Rom, the most prestigious prize in Europe for music composition; he won first place in 1839 •in Rome in 1840, he was greatly influenced by the music of Palestrina (1525/26-1594), the greatest composer of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, whose contrapuntal style was (and is) considered the summa of Renaissance polyphony •his musical compositions for the Academy include an orchestral Mass and an a cappella Te Deum •he read Goethe’s Faust at this time Germany and Austria •he spent the third year of his fellowship in Austria and Germany, drinking deeply at the well of Beethoven (1770-1827) and Mozart (1756-1791) •he continued writing sacred music: in particular a Requiem à grand orchestre (1842) •he met Mendelssohn (1809-1847) in Leipzig; Mendelssohn praised Gounod’s compositions and offered the younger man a private performance of his own Scottish Symphony at the Gewandhaus •the music of Mendelssohn leaves a deep imprint on Gounod (NOTE: quotation/homage to Mendelssohn in quoting the opening of his “Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture” at the moment when Faust drinks the potion of -
Famous Composers and Their Music
iiii! J^ / Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Brigham Young University http://www.archive.org/details/famouscomposerst05thom HAROLD BLEBLffiR^^ PROVO. UTAH DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT AUBER From an engraving by C. Deblois, 7867. 41 .'^4/ rii'iiMia-"- '^'', Itamous COMPOSERS AND THEIR MUSIC EXTRA ILLUSTPATED EDITION o/' 1901 Edited by Theodore Thomas John Knowlej Paine (^ Karl Klauser ^^ n .em^fssfi BOSTON M'^ J B MILLET COMPANY m V'f l'o w i-s -< & Copyright, 1891 — 1894— 1901, By J. B. Millet Company. DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT AUBER LIFE aiore peaceful, happy and making for himself a reputation in the fashionable regular, nay, even monotonous, or world. He was looked upon as an agreeable pianist one more devoid of incident than and a graceful composer, with sparkling and original Auber's, has never fallen to the ideas. He pleased the ladies by his irreproachable lot of any musician. Uniformly gallantry and the sterner sex by his wit and vivacity. harmonious, with but an occasional musical dis- During this early period of his life Auber produced sonance, the symphony of his life led up to its a number of lietier, serenade duets, and pieces of dramatic climax when the dying composer lay sur- drawing-room music, including a trio for the piano, rounded by the turmoil and carnage of the Paris violin and violoncello, which was considered charm- Commune. Such is the picture we draw of the ing by the indulgent and easy-going audience who existence of this French composer, in whose garden heard it. Encouraged by this success, he wrote a of life there grew only roses without thorns ; whose more imp^i/rtant work, a concerto for violins with long and glorious career as a composer ended only orchestra, which was executed by the celebrated with his life ; who felt that he had not lived long Mazas at one of the Conservatoire concerts. -
Temps Fort Bicentenaire De La Naissance De Gounod (1818 – 2018)
TEMPS FORT BICENTENAIRE DE LA NAISSANCE DE GOUNOD (1818 – 2018) Parmi les célébrations nationales 2018 les plus importantes, le bicentenaire de la naissance de Charles Gounod est mis en valeur à Saint-Raphaël en raison du séjour de ce dernier dans la cité balnéaire en 1865, pendant lequel il composa l’opéra « Roméo et Juliette », pièce majeure de son œuvre. La Médiathèque et le Conservatoire rendent hommage à ce grand musicien tout au long des mois de novembre et décembre 2018 à travers une exposition, des auditions, un concert à la Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire, des conférences et une mise en valeur des ressources de la Médiathèque. L’occasion également d’évoquer la vie intellectuelle et artistique de cette époque à Saint-Raphaël liée à l’essor de la ville. Livres Livres généraux sur la musique et l’opéra : Massin, Brigitte et Jean (dir.) – Histoire de la musique occidentale Ed. Fayard, 1985 Cette histoire précisément délimitée dans le temps et l'espace, traite de l'évolution de la musique en Europe et en Amérique depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à nos jours. Un chapitre complet sur « La musique française : Offenbach, Gounod, Bizet. 780.9 MAS Dermoncourt, Bertrand (dir.) – L’univers de l’opéra : œuvres, scènes, compositeurs, interprètes Ed. Laffont, coll. Bouquins, 2012 Les quelques 2000 entrées sont consacrées aux principales œuvres du répertoire, aux différents genres de l'art lyrique, à ceux qui font l'opéra, aux pays, villes et festivals qui accueillent des représentations, aux termes techniques, aux grandes synthèses historiques, mythologiques et sociologiques. 782.1 DER Batta, Andras – Opéra : compositeurs, œuvres interprètes Ed. -
Faust-Education-Pack.Pdf
Faust Music by Charles Gounod Libretto by Jules Barbier English Translation by Ruth Martin & Thomas Martin adapted by SCO Doctor Faust is alone. The promise of love and the return of his youth is enough to convince Faust to make a deal with the devil, Méphistophélès As Méphistophélès’ plan unravels, Faust is led down an increasingly darker path that will lead to love, death, greed and madness. Contents Introduction… 4 Faust by Gounod…5 - What is Opera?... 5 - Who was Gounod?... 6 - Who was Goethe?...6 - Who are SCO?... 7 The Story of Faust…8 - Plot summary…8 Key Characters of Faust…10 Creative view for Faust… 11 - Challenges of Touring …11 - Design of Faust…12 Cast of Faust Interviews… 13 Lesson Plans…14 - Music…14 - Drama…16 Tour Dates… 18 Introduction In September 1846 Verdi started work on a project to turn Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s play Faust: Part 1 into an opera. The play tells the story of a doctor who is seduced by the devil with the promise of youth and love, and tracks his tragic fall into greed, lust and bloody violence. Gounod was seduced by the play’s dramatic plot, its elements of the supernatural, and the potential for creating a spectacular theatrical experience. Working with “… Musical ideas sprang to the poet Jules Barbier from a version of Goethe’s play by Michael Carré called ”Faust et Marguerite”, my mind like butterflies, and Gounod created a five act opera in French that was all I had to do was to stretch first performed in Paris in 1859.