Faust (opera)
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Faust is a grand opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe'
Marguerite's garden in the original production, set design by Édouard Desplechin
Miolan-Carvalho as Marguerite (1860)
Costume design for Faust
The vision of Marguerite as staged at Covent Garden in 1864 with Jean-Baptiste Faure as Méphistophélès and Giovanni Mario as Faust
Mephistopheles
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Mephistopheles, also known as Mephostophilis or Mephisto, is a demon featured in German folklore, originating as the chief devil in the Faust legend. He has since become a stock character appearing in
Faust (opera)
…He attempts to kill himself (twice) with poison but stops each time when he hears a choir. He curses hope and faith, and asks for infernal guidance. Méphistophélès appears (duet: "Me voici") and, with a tempting image of Marguerite at her spinning wheel, persuades Faust to buy Méphistophélès's services on Earth…
Mephistopheles by Paul Mathey, 1888
Mephistopheles flying over Wittenberg, in a lithograph by Eugène Delacroix
MEPHISTO_PHILES in the 1527 Praxis Magia Faustiana, attributed to Faust
Engraving of Faust's pact with Mephisto, by Adolf Gnauth (circa 1840)