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In this five-scene ballet based on the Faust legend, a female devil persuades Faust to trade his soul for sexual fulfillment and renewed youth. After Faust falls in love with Marguerite, he tears up the contract; both die as a result.
Görge abandons his arranged marriage to pursue a dream of a princess. Years later, living in poverty with Gertraud, he refuses to abandon her when villagers ask him to lead a revolt; the couple escape a mob and eventually return to his home village, where their life fulfills his earlier dream.
A storm drives Norwegian captain Daland ashore, where he meets the cursed Flying Dutchman, condemned to sail until a faithful woman redeems him. Daland agrees to the Dutchman’s marriage to his daughter Senta in exchange for treasure. Senta, who has long been fascinated by the Dutchman’s story, pledges fidelity. When the Dutchman believes her former lover Erik has won her back, he departs; Senta throws herself into the sea and her sacrifice frees him.
In seventeenth-century Scotland, Mary is being married to Douglas, although she loves William Ratcliff. Ratcliff’s father killed Mary’s mother after an affair, and their ghosts haunt him; he has already killed two men betrothed to Mary. After Douglas wounds Ratcliff in a duel, Ratcliff returns to Mary’s room. A song by her nurse Margaret drives him into a frenzy: he kills Mary and her father, then takes his own life. The ghosts of his parents appear and embrace.
In this five-scene ballet based on the Faust legend, a female devil persuades Faust to trade his soul for sexual fulfillment and renewed youth. After Faust falls in love with Marguerite, he tears up the contract; both die as a result.
Görge abandons his arranged marriage to pursue a dream of a princess. Years later, living in poverty with Gertraud, he refuses to abandon her when villagers ask him to lead a revolt; the couple escape a mob and eventually return to his home village, where their life fulfills his earlier dream.
A storm drives Norwegian captain Daland ashore, where he meets the cursed Flying Dutchman, condemned to sail until a faithful woman redeems him. Daland agrees to the Dutchman’s marriage to his daughter Senta in exchange for treasure. Senta, who has long been fascinated by the Dutchman’s story, pledges fidelity. When the Dutchman believes her former lover Erik has won her back, he departs; Senta throws herself into the sea and her sacrifice frees him.
In seventeenth-century Scotland, Mary is being married to Douglas, although she loves William Ratcliff. Ratcliff’s father killed Mary’s mother after an affair, and their ghosts haunt him; he has already killed two men betrothed to Mary. After Douglas wounds Ratcliff in a duel, Ratcliff returns to Mary’s room. A song by her nurse Margaret drives him into a frenzy: he kills Mary and her father, then takes his own life. The ghosts of his parents appear and embrace.