Gounod
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Heavier doses of Gounod, Massenet, Wagner and Strauss make 2016-17 appear somewhat better balanced, but not enough.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2016
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
In his little comedy Saint-Saëns recalls the conflict between voluptuous Philistines and sanctimonious Hebrews in his grand opera Samson et Dalila, and Gounod in La colombe likewise parodies his own more pompous Faust.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2013
He gives a slight nod and flicks one hand at the band leader, who slides into a Gounod waltz.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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