Editing Faust (section)

===Operatic===
The Faust legend has been the basis for several major operas: for a more complete list, visit [[Works based on Faust]]
* ''[[Mefistofele]]'', the only completed opera by [[Arrigo Boito]]
* ''[[Doktor Faust]]'', begun by [[Ferruccio Busoni]] and completed by his pupil [[Philipp Jarnach]]
* ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'', by [[Charles Gounod]] to a French [[libretto]] by [[Jules Barbier]] and [[Michel Carré]] from Carré's play ''Faust et Marguerite'', in turn loosely based on Goethe's ''[[Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy|Faust, Part 1]]''
* [[Faust (Spohr)|''Faust'' (Spohr)]], one of the earliest operatic adaptations of the story, with separate versions premiering in 1816 and 1852 respectively
* [[Hector Berlioz]]'s ''[[La Damnation de Faust]]'' (1846)
* [[Havergal Brian]]'s ''Faust'' (1955–6), set on Part I and in German
* [[Alfred Schnittke]]'s ''[[Historia von D. Johann Fausten (opera)|Historia von D. Johann Fausten]]'', composed between 1983–1994, and premiered in 1995
* Rudolf Volz's ''Rock Opera Faust'' with original lyrics by [[Goethe]] (1997)<ref>{{cite report |last = Malone |first = Paul M. |year = 2004 |title = Faust as rock opera |series=Icons of Modern Culture Series |url = https://rudolf-volz.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Icons-of-Modern-Culture-Series-Faust.pdf |via = rudolf-volz.de }}</ref><ref>{{cite report |last = Maierhofer |first = Waltraut |year = 2017 |section = Devilishly good: Rudolf Volz's rock opera ''Faust'' and event culture  |title = Music in Goethe's Faust, Goethe's Faust in Music |url = https://rudolf-volz.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Music-in-Goethes-Faust.pdf |via = rudolf-volz.de }}</ref>