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Gounod

American  
[goo-noh, goo-noh] / ˈgu noʊ, guˈnoʊ /

noun

  1. Charles François 1818–93, French composer.


Gounod British  
/ ɡuno, ˈɡuːnəʊ /

noun

  1. Charles François (ʃarl frɑ̃swa). 1818–93, French composer of the operas Faust (1859) and Romeo and Juliet (1867)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Opera got away with using Gounod to feature sensation-making young singers: no less than Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón in 2005, Vittorio Grigolo with Nino Machaidze six years later.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

She championed Charles Gounod and Jules Massenet, and inspired a novel by George Sand.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

The junior orchestra opened the program, and then the main group played, intently working its way through Schubert, Gounod, and Bizet.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015

Congregation Kneseth Israel invites the community to a performance of works by Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Delibes, Gounod and others.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2015

Thunderous applause explodes from the big top, and the band slides seamlessly into the Gounod waltz.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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