West Bay Opera: Faust

46th Season
2001–2002

Faust
Music by Charles Gounod
Libretto by Jules Barbier with additions by Michel Carré
from the play Faust et Marguerite by Michel Carré
based on the poetic drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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first performed March 19, 1859, at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris
grand opera version first performed March 3, 1869, at the Opéra, Paris
first performed by West Bay Opera May 15, 1964

Six Performances Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
(in French with English titles)
Friday, October 12, 2001 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 13, 2001 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 2:00 PM
Friday, October 19, 2001 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, October 20, 2001 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 2:00 PM

	Illustrated Synopsis (set and costume design sketches)
	Set Designs
	Program
	Production Pictures
	Publicity Pictures
	Libretto

Previews & Reviews

A date with the devil (Palo Alto Weekly, 10/12/01)
Faust (The Classical Music Network, 10/12/01)
West Bay Faust In Good Form (San Francisco Classical Voice, 10/14/01)
West Bay Opera’s season opens with the fabulous melodies of Gounod’s Faust, Milpitas Post, October 19, 2001
Faust (San Mateo Times, 10/20/01)
The Devil Takes a Ride in West Bay Opera’s Vibrant FAUST (Classical Voice, 10/21/01)

Costume sketch by Anna Björnsdotter

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