It was years before Charles Gounod felt that his opera Faust was ‘finished’. Conductor Stéphane Denève will let you experience the brilliance of Gounod’s original ideas.

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Gounod: Faust

Het Concertgebouw

In the midst of the Grande Terreur, the community is divided between the prioress Madame Lidoine, who urges humility, and the novice mistress Mère Marie, who preaches martyrdom for the faith. The latter prevails, and before the Revolutionary Guards ban the order, the sisters take their vows - except for the absent prioress and Blanche, who cannot withstand the pressure and flees. When the Camelites, condemned to death for counter-revolutionary conspiracy, go to the scaffold, Blanche joins the condemned.

Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo

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Dec 13, 2025

Gounod: Faust · Het Concertgebouw

20 - 29 Nov, 2025

Dialogues des Carmélites · Wiener Staatsoper

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