Aria of Marguerite (Faust)

Composer
Charles Gounod
Genre
Aria

History of the work

Ah! je ris de me voir, the Jewel Song, in Act III. Marguerite finds the casket left at her door, puts the jewels on one by one and hardly knows the woman in the glass — Gounod's most famous soprano aria, and the moment Faust's bargain begins to work.

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