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Faust

Opera by the German composer Louis Spohr

Instance of: dramatico-musical work
Founded: 1813

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Faust is an opera by the German composer Louis Spohr. The libretto, by Joseph Karl Bernard, is based on the legend of Faust; it is not influenced by Goethe's Faust, though Faust, Part One had been published in 1808. Instead, Bernard's libretto draws mainly on Faust plays and poems by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger and Heinrich von Kleist. Spohr's Faust is an important work in the history of German Romantic opera.

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Composer: Louis Spohr
Librettist: Joseph Carl Bernard
Date of first performance: September 1, 1816
Language: German
Location of first performance: Q1763605
Genre: Q377258
After a work by: Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger
Heinrich von Kleist
Released: 19th century
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
Form of creative work: opera

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