Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, draws upon Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s two-part play based on the German legend of a man who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power.
Gounod’s opera does not attempt to match the thematic breadth or the philosophical sophistication of Goethe’s sprawling masterpiece, concentrating instead on Faust’s romantic encounter with Marguerite (Gretchen in Goethe’s drama) and the tragic results of their liaison.
Faust was staged first time in Bydgoszcz in 1960, directed by Hugo Morycinski, under the musical direction of Zdzislaw Bytnar. The character returned later: in the A. Boit's opera Mephistopheles (directed by Tomasz Konina) and H. Berlioz's dramatic legend The Damnation of Faust (directed by Maciej Prus).
Paweł Szkotak said:
[...] the war background, originally appearing in the libretto without specific temporal references, is the context for the choices made by the characters. It also raises non-obvious but clear associations with the war going on in Ukraine today.
Gounod's version of Opera Nova's Faust is set during World War I in France. Costumes and props have been prepared in accordance with historical realities. The whole play can also be read as Faust's internal struggle.
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The new season at Opera Nova is taking shape - and you can be a part of it right now. Tickets for performances scheduled for September, October, and November 2026 are already available online and at the Opera Nova box office. A new price list applies to tickets for the 70th artistic season. There is, however, one small exception: our gift cards can still be purchased at the current price until the end of August.
In the new season, we invite you to the production of An American in Paris - four performances on 17, 18, 19 and 20 September 2026. Set against the backdrop of the vibrant, jazz-filled Paris of the 1920s, Krzysztof Pastor's original ballet, featuring George Gershwin's music in new arrangements by Przemysław Zych, tells a captivating story of love, difficult choices and the lingering memories of the post-war years.
"Because for me it is always a celebration, during which you can meet the spirit of the operatic past, its present and you get a chance to run into its future" - writes Ilona Słojewska in the pages of Dziennik Teatralny Kujawy on the occasion of World Opera Day 2024. Because every opera performance is a uniquely constructed work, in which the voice and music give so many emotions that whenever you pass by its building, you feel the vibrations, for which you could visit it every day. And if,...
W Butiku Operowym pojawiły się nowe gadżety, które są już w sprzedaży. Dostępne są także plakaty sygnowane przez znakomitych twórców, które mogą stanowić oryginalny wystrój wnętrz w niezwykle atrakcyjnej cenie.