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Faust [compact disc]

Gounod, Charles, 1818-18931990
Music
Faust is a grand 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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1. It debuted at the Théâtre Lyrique on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris on 19 March 1859.
Main title:
Faust [compact disc] / Charles Gounod.
Work:
Imprint:
[Austria] : Preiser Records, p1990.
Collation:
2 sound discs (153 min.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes:
Opera.Sung in German.Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after: Faust. 1. Theil / Goethe.Duration: 2:32:51.Recorded Dec. 5, 1937.
Performers:
Margarete Teschemacher, Carla Spletter, sopranos ; Elisabeth Waldenau, alto ; Helge Rosvaenge, tenor ; Hans Hermann Nissen, baritone ; Georg Hann, Alexander Welitsch, basses ; Chor und Orchester des Stuttgarter Rundfunks ; Joseph Keilberth, conductor.
Language:
German
BRN:
25457
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