Siébel leaves a bouquet for Marguerite (Faites-lui mes aveux). Marguerite appears briefly and Faust attempts to charm her, but she refuses his offer to walk her home out of modesty. Méphistophélès is joined by Faust and the young girls in a waltz (Ainsi que la brise légère). Valentin uses the cross-shaped hilt of his sword to fend off what they now fear is an infernal power (chorus: De l'enfer). Méphistophélès maligns Marguerite, and Valentin tries to strike him with his sword, which shatters in the air. Méphistophélès appears and sings a rousing, irreverent song about the Golden Calf (Le veau d'or) and after, provides the uneasy crowdwine. Valentin, Marguerite’s brother, is soon leaving for war and he entrusts the care of his sister to her friend Siébel (O sainte médaille. Faust's glass of poison becomes an elixir of youth, making the middle-aged doctor feel young the strange companions then set out into the world.Ī chorus of academics, soldiers and students sing a drinking song (Vin ou Bière). Méphistophélès appears (duet: Me voice) and, with a tempting image of young Marguerite at her looking glass, he persuades Faust to buy Méphistophélès's services on earth in exchange for Faust's in Hell. He curses science and faith, and asks for infernal guidance. He prepares to kill himself with poison but hesitates in doubt. Faust, an aging professor, despairs that his life has been wasted, since his studies, and religious faith have not given him the answers he was looking for (Rien! En vain j'interroge).
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