Gounod's Faust opera (libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier) is based on the love story of Faust and Marguérite which is but a part of Goethe's Faust drama. Consequently the title of the opera is unacceptable in Germany where it is renamed Margarethe after the heroine.

50 Célèbres Mélodies D'Opéra Dans Des Arrangements Faciles Pour Piano. The anthology La donna è mobile is the follow-up volume to the best-seller Eine kleine Nachtmusik with masterpieces of classical music (ED 20764). The latest volume in the Pianissimo series contains 50 of the best known opera melodies and 'favourites of the public' by Mozart, Rossini, Puccini, Verdi and others. The arrangements…