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BBC R4 - The Real History Of Opera - Gounod's Faust
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Another in the BBC's intermittent series: 'The Real History Of Opera', in which Huw Edwards sets an opera in its contemporary context.
Here he considers claims that in 'Faust', Gounod turned Goethe's great play into a sentimental romp.
Gounod's Faust is the most enduring adaptation for the theatre of many works which take as their source Goethe's great masterpiece.
One of the most popular and most performed operas in the world for more than a hundred years, it's nevertheless extremely problematic - full of wonderful melody and lavish spectacle, but Gounod is accused by some of turning Goethe's philosophically and intellectually challenging play into nothing more than a sugary dollop of Victorian sentimentality.
Huw Edwards investigates the dumbing down, or not, of the famous story.
Эта история началась одним летним утром, когда Кузя и его друг тукан Фернандо прогуливались вдоль океана. Внезапно недалеко от берега, у подводного рифа, они обнаружили разбитый корабль. “Help me!” – услышали друзья голос бедолаги-капитана, пострадавшего от колдовской бури Сциллы. «Вот и новая задачка нарисовалась!», - подумал Кузя. Но как помочь морскому волку, если наши герои говорят на разных языках – капитан на английском, а Кузя - на русском? Однако, Кузя недаром носит титул самого находчивого и общительного тролля на свете. Ему по плечу выучить английский язык, починить корабль и тем самым выручить капитана!
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