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The Waltz from Act II of Charles Gounod's opera 'Faust' is an orchestral piece composed for the Kermesse (village fair) scene that opens the second act. Premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris in 1859, the opera is based on Goethe's 'Faust, Part One.' This waltz, often referred to as the 'Kermesse...
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Famous operatic waltz with buoyant melody and theatrical vitality, though its style can sound conventional beside later orchestral works.
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The Waltz from "Faust" is an instrumental dance segment from Charles Gounod's 1859 grand opera, "Faust." The piece is formally known as the "Waltz of the Corpse" or the Kermesse Waltz and occurs during the bustling village fair scene in Act One. It was choreographed for the corps de ballet and serve...
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Famous operatic dance with infectious melody, theatrical vitality, and enduring concert popularity, although dramatically conventional.
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Charles Gounod's Faust is a French opera first performed in Paris in 1859, based loosely on Goethe's drama. Its ballet music for the Walpurgis Night scene includes a waltz associated with the supernatural revelry arranged by Méphistophélès. Distinct from the opera's earlier Kermesse music, the piece...
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Memorable Gounod opera waltz with strong theatrical function, respected but not among opera's highest-profile waltz numbers.
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"Roméo et Juliette" is a five-act opéra lyrique by French composer Charles Gounod, adapting William Shakespeare's tragic play of the same name. It premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris in 1867 with a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. The opera is a staple of the French romantic...
The Walpurgisnacht Ballet, choreographed by George Balanchine in 1977, depicts the fantastical German legend of witches celebrating on Midsummer Eve with swirling dancers and a dramatic, fiery climax reflecting supernatural forces.
Mors et Vita by Charles Gounod (1818–1893) is an 1885 French oratorio depicting death, judgment, and resurrection, conceived as a sequel to his earlier oratorio The Redemption and first performed in Birmingham.
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Gounod sacred sequel respected in Victorian context, modern reputation limited.
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The Redemption by Charles Gounod (1818–1893) is an 1882 French sacred trilogy oratorio tracing the life of Christ, premièred at the Birmingham Festival and enormously popular with Victorian British choral societies.
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Ambitious Gounod oratorio, once admired, now rarely revived and critically secondary.
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La Rédemption is a sacred oratorio by Charles Gounod, composed in 1882. The work presents a Christian account centered on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, using soloists, chorus, and orchestra to create a sequence of religious scenes and reflections. It belongs to Gounod’s later ch...
Mors et Vita is a grand oratorio by the French composer Charles Gounod, completed in 1885 as a continuation of his earlier work La Rédemption. Its Christian subject concerns death, judgment, and eternal life, giving the composition an explicitly eschatological focus. The work belongs to the nineteen...
Charles Gounod composed this biblical oratorio in 1865, setting the apocryphal story of Tobias to demonstrate his early mastery of French sacred choral music.
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