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An opera in five acts
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre
(after Goethe)
Music by Gounod (sung in French)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Company Conducted by Pierre Monteux
The actioin takes place
In medieval Germany
Act 1 : Faust's Library Act 2 : The Kermesse
Act 3 : Marguerite's garden

Contributors

Unknown:
Jules Barbier
Unknown:
Michel Carre
Conducted By:
Pierre Monteux
Faust:
Jan Peerce
Mephistopheles:
Cesare Step
Wagner:
Lawrence Davidson
Valentine Marguerite's brother:
Robert Merrill
Siebel, a youth:
Mildred Miller
Marguerite:
Victoria de Los Angeles
Martha, her neighbour:
Thelma Votipka

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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