A diminutively titled 1869 parody on this story is the best known operetta of Florimond Ronger, who composed under a one word pseudonym.
A diminutively titled 1869 parody on this story is the best known operetta of Florimond Ronger, who composed under a one word pseudonym. Of the two most well-known adaptations by Italian composers, one begins with a symphonia and the chorus "Pax, Pax, Pax;" the other contains the arias "L'altra Notte in Fondo al Mare" and "Dai Campi, Dai Prati," and is peculiarly titled after the central character's mysterious companion instead. Those operas, respectively by Ferruccio Busoni and Arrigo Boito, still lack the popularity of the seminal French opera on this story, which features "Ah! Je Ris," or the "Jewel Song," an aria for Marguerite. FTP, give the common protagonist of these operas, a doctor who sells his soul to Mephistopheles and whose story was told by Marlowe and Goethe.
A diminutively titled 1869 parody on this story is the best known operetta of Florimond Ronger, who composed under a one word pseudonym.
{Faust} or Doctor {Faust}us (The first opera mentioned is Petit Faust by d’Herve, the second is Doktor Faust, the third is Mefistofele, and the last is Gounod’s Faust)