Fragments from “Faust” by Goethe
Words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I Szene aus Faust und Mephisto
II Gretchen am Spinnrad
III Gretchens Gebet
IV Ständchen des Mephisto
V Schluss der Kerkerszene
VI Schluss des 5. Akts
Wilhelm Rettich belonged to that generation of those whose work and life was deeply affected by the First and Second World Wars. Captivity, persecution, hiding and losses scarred his life. In 1933, he emigrated to the Netherlands, where he survived the war in hiding. Rettich worked a great deal for the radio, a young and progressive medium at that time. Although he became a Dutch citizen after the World War II, he returned to Germany in 1964.
by Diet Scholten