We’re celebrating the birthday of Charles Gounod this month. Gounod was born June 17, 1818. Here, categorized by voice type / Fach, are some hand-selected texts from our database, along with recommended recordings.
ARIAS
Soprano
Faust: Il était un roi de Thulé
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/254/category/557/
Recording: Maria Callas – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=288u-gTn7kk
Mireille: Heureux petit berger
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/268/category/557/
Recording: Andrée Esposito – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT74-Yzk5dQ
Mireille: Ô légère hirondelle
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/273/category/557/
Recording: Renee Fleming – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDyv_dir-0c
Roméo et Juliette: Amour, ranime mon courage
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/265/category/557/
Recording: Natalie Dessay – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVLkP9tuhsc
Roméo et Juliette: Je veux vivre
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/261/category/557/
Recording: Anna Netrebko – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsHKWGHkH0M
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Faust: Faites-lui mes aveux
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/256/category/557/
Recording: Jennifer Larmore– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDxAGsyPDvM
Faust: Si le bonheur
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/266/category/557/
Recording: Marta Złotnicka – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPGLr9Dwl2A
Le Médecin malgré lui: Toute femme tient
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/12050/category/557/
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF5flehVJFI
Roméo et Juliette: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle?
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/263/category/557/
Recording: Cora Burggraaf – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmNj-HTI-Wg
Sapho: Ô ma lyre immortelle
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/269/category/557/
Recording: Marilyn Horne – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkE_lzXI6sM
TENOR
Faust: Salut demeure chaste et pure
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/258/category/557/
Recording: Juan Diego Florez – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V-JAe0ovKM
Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile: Sanctus
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/270/category/557/
Recording: Renato Parachinetto – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcHHfAI8KvM
Mireille: Anges du paradis
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/264/category/557/
Recording: Rolando Villazon – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H31NFrD3OM
Roméo et Juliette: Ah leve toi soleil
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/260/category/557/
Recording: Nicolai Gedda – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsUpah3ghIo
Roméo et Juliette: Salut! tombeau sombre et silencieux!
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/12035/category/557/
Recording: Roberto Alagna – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sysIzvR9Q8
BARITONE
Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/255/category/557/
Recording: Dmitri Hvorostovsky – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuVSGjLkUcs
BASS
Faust: Le veau d’or
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/257/category/557/
Recording: Nicolai Ghiaurov – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5uZ30IO-kE
Faust: Vous qui faites l’endormie
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/259/category/557/
Recording: George London – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLAPsKoOV4g
La reine de Saba: Sous les pieds d’une femme
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/267/category/557/
Recording: Paul Payan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kOETFXj60o
Roméo et Juliette: Buvez donc ce breuvage
IPA Source: https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/271/category/557/
Recording: Léon Rothier – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4XrbwFVgHQ
The image of Charles Gounod is By Nadar (a.k.a. Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, 1820–1910): Photographer Adam Cuerden – Restoration. [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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