tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post1681820865633853805..comments2024-03-18T20:41:56.222-04:00Comments on Kinderkuchen for the FBI: Essay about FaustDr.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-57556677461232573892019-09-09T10:38:01.280-04:002019-09-09T10:38:01.280-04:00No offense intended, but I tend to write only abou...No offense intended, but I tend to write only about things I have seen myself. So no Schumann, Spohr, Lutz, etc. I should maybe learn about the Schumann even though it's not an opera.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-87613350977901385562019-06-25T18:29:44.035-04:002019-06-25T18:29:44.035-04:00Thanks for this essay -- very informative!
A numb...Thanks for this essay -- very informative!<br /><br />A number of other "Faust" operas apparently exist, including one by Ludwig Spohr [1816], primarily known for his violin concerti, and "Faust and Marguerite" [1855] by British composer Meyer Lutz (mostly known for his operettas a la G&S).Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877408572713743323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-65313695375076545462019-06-25T15:56:56.428-04:002019-06-25T15:56:56.428-04:00So then what is the point? I'm sure any 30-is...So then what is the point? I'm sure any 30-ish young man could go off and get into trouble all on his own.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-67643596754352977202019-06-25T15:03:34.613-04:002019-06-25T15:03:34.613-04:00PS we saw the Glyndebourne Faust a couple evenings...PS we saw the Glyndebourne Faust a couple evenings ago--Berlioz--and it was a mess. Faust had become a 30-ish liberal arts junior faculty guy; and there were way too many people on stage at any one time. but the music is magnificent.<br />Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227972053802503917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-9070093295265592552019-06-25T15:01:14.425-04:002019-06-25T15:01:14.425-04:00back in high school, a great German teacher named ...back in high school, a great German teacher named Josef Trentacosta introduced my cohort to Goethe's Faust--I can almost still recite F's great opening monologue ("Habe nun acht!, philosophie...."). as I recall it, the issue for Faust himself when the devil arrives is that all the learning and accomplishments in the world still haven't fulfilled him; and Mephistopheles says, in effect, if I can get you to a moment when you want time to stop ("Stehe doch!, du bist so schoen!"), can I have your soul? sure, why not: thus two plays' worth of adventures--and the romance with Margueritte--until Faust is involved in reclaiming land from the sea in Holland--cutting-edge technology and development in Goethe's time--and Faust says it. and then through Margueritte's intervention, the devil is frustrated. one of the great works.<br />Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227972053802503917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-36125679094710551472019-06-25T07:41:12.407-04:002019-06-25T07:41:12.407-04:00Please add the wonderful choral work by Schumann, ...Please add the wonderful choral work by Schumann, written before the Berlioz version.<br />Thank you. R Daniel Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935479041168477815noreply@blogger.com