Gounod would say that he acquired his vocation with his mother’s milk, for she sang as she suckled him. Signs of an inherited musical gift—his mother, widowed young, supported the family by giving ...

Among the most popular and influential 19th-century composers, Charles Gounod (1818-1893), whose bicentenary is June 17, was torn throughout his life between the lure of the priesthood and ambition ...

When orchestras take off work for the summer, where do the musicians go? Some perform at summer music festivals, like the Grand Teton Festival. We're back at the Festival this hour, but this time with ...

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Marguerite is surely the most innocent of the main characters in Faust. But even she is tempted by the cask of gems that Mephistopheles slyly places outside her door. Finding them, she launches into ...

NYC Ballet in Paris, opens with Gounod’s Walpurgisnacht Ballet. New York City Ballet in Paris, an all-Balanchine performance, opens with Gounod’s Walpurgisnacht Ballet. New York City Ballet in Paris ...

Washington National Opera presents Gounod's evergreen Romeo and Juliet, November 4–18, in a new production directed by one of the foremost Shakespeare directors, Simon Godwin, in his opera staging ...

Symphony No. 1 Iceland Symphony Orchestra Charles-François Gounod, Composer Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor Symphony No. 2 Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor Charles-François Gounod, Composer Iceland ...

NYC Ballet in Paris, opens with Gounod's Walpurgisnacht Ballet. NYC Ballet in Paris, an all-Balanchine performance, opens with Gounod's Walpurgisnacht Ballet. New York City Ballet in Paris is the part ...