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Charles Gounod

French composer
(1818-93)



Gounod is known for his operas, especially Faust. Other notable examples of Gounod music include: the operas, Le Médecin malgré lui (The Mock Doctor) and Mirielle; the funeral cantata, Gallia; and the oratorios, La Rédemption and Mors et Vita (Life and Death).




Charles Gounod






Gounod - Faust - Marguerite Praying- Act 4, Scene 3 (image)

Margeurite at prayer in the cathedral in the opera Faust (Act 4, scene 3) by Charles Gounod. The set design is by Charles-Antoine Cambon for an early production of this opera (perhaps the 1869 production at the Opéra de Paris).

(Source: Germain Bapst, Essai sur l'histoire du théâtre. Paris, Hachette, 1893.)





Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of Charles Gounod, his music, activities, friends and family, and the various places where the composer lived and wrote.



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