Gounod

[goo-noh, goo-noh]

noun

1. Charles François 1818–93, French composer.

Gounod

/ ɡuno, ˈɡuːnəʊ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Saturday night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Opera revived a lavish production of Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” written two years earlier than “The Stone Guest.”

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Along with arias from Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” and Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” Kim will join with baritone and Seattle Opera resident artist Michael J. Hawk for the friendship duet from Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers.”

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

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The end of the ceremony featured music by Gounod, Tchaikovsky, Spohr and Beethoven, wresting the funeral music from the hands of British composers.

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Earlier this summer, she made her debut at the Paris Opera in Charles Gounod’s “Faust.”

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