Faust et Hélène

Name: Faust et Hélène
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 784258
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Lyric episode based on “Faust II”

for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and orchestra

Edition: Performance material

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Lili Boulanger’s scenic cantata is based on Eugène Adenis’s poem and freely adapts an episode from Goethe’s Faust II, focusing the action on Mephisto, Faust, and Helena. It deals with the moment when Faust asks to see the beautiful Helen of Troy – at the price of surrendering his soul to Mephisto and thus being eternally damned. The central concern of my transcription was to accommodate the musical-theatrical structure of the piece in the sense of a concentrated and textually com prehensible form of dialogue, making it more suitable for the realization of an opera scene. Eberhard Kloke

Orchestral Cast

2 (2. auch Picc. und Altfl.) · 2 (2. auch Engl. Hr.) · 2 · Bassklar. · 1 (auch Kfg.) - 3 (2. auch Wagner-Tuba) · 2 · 2 · 0 - P. S. (Vibr. · Trgl. · Beck. · gr. Tr.) (1 Spieler) - Hfe. · Klav. (auch Cel.) - Str. (4–5 · 4–5 · 3–4 · 3–4 · 2–3)

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Title:

Faust et Hélène

Lyric episode based on “Faust II”

for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and orchestra

Libretto by Eugène Adenis

Transcription for small orchestra by Eberhard Kloke (2023)

Vocal parts revised by Nadja Boulanger

Language:

French

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

1913

Duration:

30 ′0 ′′

World Premiere:

May 15, 2026 · Weimar (D)
Deutsches Nationaltheater
Conductor: Daniel Carter
Original staging: Valentin Schwarz · Costumes: Otto Krause · Set design: Andrea Cozzi
(scenic)

Keywords:

#Faust #johann wolfgang von goethe #ancient greece