Music · 1818–1893

Charles Gounod

French composer best known for his opera Faust

Did you know?He considered becoming a priest and lived in a monastery for a time before deciding to pursue music professionally.

Charles-François Gounod (UK: GOO-noh, US: goo-NOH; French:; 17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893) was a French composer, conductor, and organist of the Romantic era. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been Faust (1859); his Roméo et Juliette (1867) also remains in the international repertoire.

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