Happy Bastille Day to all our French followers! 🇫🇷 To celebrate, here's a classic clip of Gounod's opera Faust, featuring a cabaret scene set below a rather familiar landmark... Available to stream with a 14-day free trial 🎟 https://bit.ly/3T5dVoB | Royal Ballet And Opera

Mariam Batsashvili plays Liszt's Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's 1859 opera Faust, live at Wigmore Hall. 🎥 Watch the complete performance: https://youtu.be/090QK8CfiIY She has recorded this transcription and more for her newest studio recording, Romantic Piano Masters. Out now on CD and digital platforms! 🎹 | Warner Classics & Erato

A devilish deal 😈 Disillusioned with life, the aged philosopher Faust calls upon Satan to help him. The devil Méphistophélès appears and strikes a bargain with the philosopher: Faust can have youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite, but only in exchange for his soul. Gounod’s opera Faust premiered on this day in Paris in 1859, and was one of the world’s most popular operas from the 1860s to World War II Immerse yourself in the decadence and elegance of 1870s Paris in David McVicar’s spec

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