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	Faust
		Faust, besmitten with the beauty of Helen becomes jealous of Paris embracing her, and forgetting himself leaps into the magic circle with the spirits and tries to seize Paris.
		Faust was written over many years and one can see that Goethe was trying to rework the dualistic Reformation myth of Doctor Faustus selling his soul to the devil, into a new alchemical conception of the transformation of Faust through his harsh experiences of the polarities within his being.
		Faust's early attempts at conjuring in the first scenes of Part One are failures because he attempts to dominate and impose his will on the elemental spirits from his book learning, but when Faust meets his repressed facet Mephisto then he abandons his earlier work.
	www.levity.com /alchemy/faust.html (3059 words)

	Faust (opera) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Goethe's Faust, Part I.
		Faust is transported to a cave of queens and courtesans, and a feast is held.
		Faust was so popular in the United States that in New York the opera season began with a performance of it every year for several decades in the late nineteenth century, a fact to which Edith Wharton makes great reference in her Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Age of Innocence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Faust_(opera) (1102 words)

	Charles GOUNOD : Faust
		The philosopher Faust is profoundly depressed by his inaptitude to reach fulfillment through knowledge and thinks of committing suicide.
		Faust and Méphistophélès enter the garden; while the devil is in charge of finding a present for Marguerite, Faust shouts out to Marguerite's house and to the defending embrace of nature (cavatina: " Salut, demeure chaste et pure ").
		Faust pulls his sword; during the ensuing duel, Valentin is lethally wounded.
	www.charles-gounod.com /vi/oeuvres/operas/faust.htm (891 words)

	Master: Gounod's Faust
		Faust is sung by a tenor, Méphistophélès by a bass.
		Faust is at first indifferent to the riches offered him; he wants only the pleasures of youth.
		In a lush landscape, Faust is introduced to legendary courtesans: Aspasia, Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Lais, Phryne, and Astarte.
	cr.middlebury.edu /public/russian/Bulgakov/public_html/Gounod.html (1113 words)

	Mystical World Wide Web - Faust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ironically the relatively obscure Faust came to be remembered in legend as the representative of an age which produced such occultists as Paracelsus and Nostradamus.
		Faust owes his enduring notoriety to the anonymous author of the first 'Faustbuch', a collection of tales of the 'Magi' (wise men skilled in science and the occult) which had been told since the Middle Ages and featured such renowned 'wizards' as Merlin, Albertus Magnus and Roger Bacon.
		They were crudely narrated and supplemented with clumsy humour at the expense of Faust's victims.It was less the stories themselves and more the author's graphic and unflinching descriptions of hell and the state of his hero's mind which inspired unquestioning belief among readers.
	www.mystical-www.co.uk /faust.htm (695 words)

	Summary of Faust
		Meanwhile, on earth, Faust sat at the desk in his dusky den and lamented all of his learning: "I have studied philosophy, jurisprudence and medicine, and worst of all theology, and here I am, for all my lore, the wretched fool I was before.
		He implored Faust to don the same attire so that he too could "feel released and free,/ and you would find what life could be." But Faust was too world-weary to even imagine happiness.
		Faust was now a great lord, with vast and rich land-holdings, which land he had himself "redeemed from the sea" by building a system of dikes.
	www.awerty.com /faust.html (1498 words)

	Welcome to Cleveland Opera -- Faust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The devil comes to the aging Faust and offers him an irresistible gift of youth and the love of a beautiful young woman.
		Faust accepts, sealing the bargain with his soul.
		One of the world's most popular operas, it is filled with touching melodies, rousing choruses, and unforgettable characters.
	www.clevelandopera.org /faust/faustint.html (90 words)

	Faust Legends
		Johann Faustus was born in Roda in the province of Weimar, of God-fearing parents.
		Another time Faust left Boxberg Castle at a quarter past eleven in order to be at a banquet in Heilbronn at the last strike of twelve o'clock.
		To show his thanks, Faust sent a devil to the man's bedroom to frighten him as he was going to bed.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/faust.html (2775 words)

	FAUST, Opera by Gounod
		In the opera and ballet world it is videly known that I prefer classical operas and ballets where the history are keept in the original time periode.
		That is what the regisseur and scenographs have done with the opera Faust by Charles Gounod at The National Opera Theatre in Vilnius.
		A wonderful choire, excellent orchestra and soloists, headed by the National Operas great bass through some decenniers Vladimiras Prudnikovas, and with a wonderful Siebel, Laima Jonutyte, A Faust with a beautiful voice, Bronius Tamasauskas and as Margaretha Alma Buzaite, the perfromance were in good hands.
	www.geocities.com /hoeholthus/faustlt.html (334 words)

	Opera Glass: Faust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Charles Gounod's Faust, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré;, tells a familiar story of a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for getting his wish.
		Jean-François Revon's set design was almost comical when the devil arrived in Faust's study and the eyes of a grotesque animal-like statue glowed red.
		The church in the background of later scenes was nicely designed, though, giving the effect of reaching heavenward.
	opera.stanford.edu /reviews/faust.html (559 words)

	Willamette Week Online \| Performance \| PREVIEW \| Faust • Portland Opera sexes up its season-opening production. \| ...
		Faust pounces, and the "chaste and pure" Marguerite allows a tiny kiss (no tongue).
		In the last year alone, she's performed in opera houses from Omaha, Neb., to Spain, Germany and New York's Metropolitan Opera, where her last-moment substitution for ailing star Natalie Dessay (in a new production of another Gounod opera, Roméo et Juliette) set audiences on fire.
		According to Flynn, Portland Opera's version will be "dark and extremely psychological." But there are those lingering orgasmic moments, and the increasingly hot encounters between Marguerite and Faust.
	www.wweek.com /editorial/3252/8145 (995 words)

	Faust, the Opera
		Faust (Benoît Gendron) bemoans his inability to understand the real essence of life as his student, Wagner (Jesse Merlin), watches and waits in the shadows.
		Méphistophélès (John Minágro) and Faust (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) eavesdrop as Marguerite (Deborah Mayhan) sings of her love for Faust.
		Méphistophélès (Michael Morris) tries to persuade Marguerite (Karen Frankenstein) to flee with Faust (Benoît Gendron) before she is executed.
	www.wbopera.org /0102/Faust/show/index.html (243 words)

	San Francisco Opera :: Doktor Faust
		Club is the SF Opera's club for young professionals who want to get invoved in the Opera and network with like-minded young professionals.
		Merola Opera Program has helped to launch the careers of gifted young singers, coaches, conductors and stage directors from around the globe.
		The San Francisco Opera Center represents a new era in which young artists of major operatic potential can develop through intensive training and performance.
	www.rodoni.ch /busoni/stuttgard/sanfrancisco.html (105 words)

	Hudson Opera Theatre -- Faust
		Alone, aged and despairing, Faust (Pedro Porro), his pursuits of alchemy and philosophy having yielded no serviceable results, sits in his study on what he has chosen to be his last night on earth...
		His hand, momentarily stayed by the sound of the young folk of the village singing a morning hymn, Faust calls one last time on God to aid him.
		In the midst of the festivities, Faust sees Marguerite (Tonia Manteneri), the girl he beheld in the vision.
	www.hotopera.com /FaustPix1.html (561 words)

	Charles GOUNOD : The Website !
		author of operas (Faust, in 1859; Mireille, in 1864; Roméo and Juliette, in 1867)
		Concerning this opera some of you wrote to me asking if Gounod was a freemason (Franc-Maçon).
		If the question can be asked, to answer it is more difficult.
	www.charles-gounod.com /vi (327 words)

	West Bay Opera: Faust
		West Bay Faust In Good Form (San Francisco Classical Voice, 10/14/01)
		West Bay Opera’s season opens with the fabulous melodies of Gounod’s Faust, Milpitas Post, October 19, 2001
		The Devil Takes a Ride in West Bay Opera’s Vibrant FAUST (Classical Voice, 10/21/01)
	www.wbopera.org /0102/Faust (154 words)

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