Faust
Subtitle: a lyric drama in five acts
By: book by J. Barbier and M. Carré ; music by Charles Gounod
Contributors: Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901; Carré, Michel, 1819-1872; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Series: Grand opera librettos
Publisher: O. Ditson
Published: 1906
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Operas -- Librettos
Genres: Librettos.
Work titles: Faust
Description: The old philosopher Faust, in his study, is tired of life, but hearing the cheerful sounds of life outside, now calls on the Devil to help him. Mephistopheles appears and grants him wealth and power and, at his request, youth, in return for his soul.
Notes: Music of the principal arias arr. for piano, p. 42-47 at end.