Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

(02-19-2019 08:24 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Nope, unfortunately isn't one of my two favorites from "Faust" (BTW, here, the opera goes by the title "Margarethe") - doesn't sound like the famous waltz:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BVKhV8g_sfg

...and it definitely isn't the gorgeous Walpurgisnight - scene which was added to the beginning of the last act in 1869, where Mephistopheles shows Faust the folk celebration before May Day (still top traditional night to celebrate and dance here), when the souls of the dead are released briefly to wander as they will. George Balanchine did the best job on this one...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q3mTBtTOZ8

In other words - I don't know...

You are still the winner, Eva, as you got Faust. Lincoln saw Faust at least twice, and one of the times the Lincolns were accompanied by the Sewards.

For the answer, please see Laurie's post here.

Also, on this page
http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/...and-music/
it says, "Lincoln enjoyed many operas, including Gounod’s ‘Faust,’ whose famous ‘Soldiers’ Chorus’ was a special favorite."

Here is the Soldiers Chorus on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-6HMenF74