This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Gounod (1818-1893), the most celebrated French composer in his time, known today for his opera Faust (1859) and the prayer in song Ave ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long Long and Kathryn Lewek in Gounod’s "Roméo et Juliette," now on view at Palm Beach Opera. Kathryn Lewek, described as "…the ...

Gounod's contemporaries believed that his religious works, rather than his operas, would ultimately constitute his most enduring legacy. Posterity has, of course, proved them wrong, but you get some ...

“Roméo et Juliette” is now back at the Metropolitan Opera, starring the German soprano Diana Damrau and the Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo. NEW YORK—Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” has inspired ...

With Mark Elder installed as artistic director, Opera Rara continues to burrow away in the byways of the 19th-century French and Italian repertoires, and its latest offering is a slight but charming ...

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 ...

Symphony No. 1 Svizzera Italiana Orchestra Oleg Caetani, Conductor Charles-François Gounod, Composer Symphony No. 2 Svizzera Italiana Orchestra Oleg Caetani, Conductor Charles-François Gounod, ...