. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . aritone (In Italian) 88194 12-inch, $ 122 FAUST (Fotvst) OPERA IN FIVE ACTSWords by Barbier and Carre, founded uponGoethes tragedy. Music by Charles produced at the Theatre Lyrique, Paris,March 19, 1859. First performance in Berlinat the Royal Opera, January 1863; in LondonJune ||, 1863; in New York, November 26,1863, at the Academy of Music, with Kellogg,Mazzoleni, Biachi and Yppolito. Some famous American produ
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . aritone (In Italian) 88194 12-inch, $ 122 FAUST (Fotvst) OPERA IN FIVE ACTSWords by Barbier and Carre, founded uponGoethes tragedy. Music by Charles produced at the Theatre Lyrique, Paris,March 19, 1859. First performance in Berlinat the Royal Opera, January 1863; in LondonJune ||, 1863; in New York, November 26,1863, at the Academy of Music, with Kellogg,Mazzoleni, Biachi and Yppolito. Some famous American productionswere in 1883, with Nilsson, Scalchi, andCampanini; and the same year with Nor-dica (debut) as Marguerite; in 1892 withEames, the de Reszkes and Lasalle ;and in 1913 with Caruso and Farrar. Theopera has not been given at the Metro-politan since 1914. Characters FAUST (Fowst) Tenor MEPHISTOPHELES (Mef-iss-tof-el-leez) Bass VALENTINE {Vat *n-leen) Baritone BRANDER, or WAGNER Baritone SIEBEL (See-be!) Mezzo-Soprano MARGUERITE (Mahr-guer-eet) . . SopranoMARTHA Contralto Students, Soldiers, Villagers,Sorcerers, Spirits. The action takes place in Germany. 123. rtD BY KSELING Faust, the Aged Philosopher, Wearies of Life VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA-GOUNODS FAUST FAUST Fifty-eight years have elapsed sincethe first production of this masterpieceby Gounod; and it is to-day sungthroughout the world more than anyother five operas combined. At theParis Opera alone it has been givenmore than 1500 times. It seems strange now, in view ofthe overwhelming success of Faust, torecall that it was received with indiffer-ence in Paris, and all but failed inMilan. The London production, how-ever, with Titiens, Giuglini, Trebelli,Gassier and Santley, was quite success-ful; and in the following June Patti sangMarguerite for the first time, the operareceiving a tremendous ovation. The story is familiar to almostevery one and will be but brieflysketched here. The libretto by Barbierand Carre does not a
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