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An opera in five acts by Charles Gounod.

The action takes place in Germany in the early part of the sixteenth century.
Act 1: Faust's study
Act 2: The Kermesse
Act 3: Marguerite's garden
Interval of six minutes
Act 4: Marguerite's room; The Cathedral; The street
Act 5: An open space; A prison

(Previously televised last Thursday)
(Anna Pollak, Sheila Rex, and Charles Mackerras appear by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells; John Lanigan and Michael Langdon appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

Contributors

Composer:
Charles Gounod
Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Choreographer:
Michel de Lutry
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras
Assistant Producer:
Edmund Donlevy
Producer:
George R. Foa
Faust:
John Lanigan
Mephistopheles:
Michael Langdon
Valentine:
John Cameron
Marguerite:
Patricia Bartlett
Siebel:
Anna Pollak
Martha:
Sheila Rex

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