Doktor Faust
Opera in two preludes, two intermezzi and three scenes
Libretto
Ferruccio Busoni (after the tragedy by Carlo Graf Gozzi)
Premiere
21 May 1925, Dresden (Sächsisches Staatstheater)
Cast
FAUST (baritone)
MEPHISTOPHELES (tenor)
WAGNER (Bass)
DUKE OF PARMA (tenor)
DUCHESS OF PARMA (soprano)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES (bass)
GRETCHEN'S BROTHER (baritone)
LIEUTENANT (tenor)
3 STUDENTS FROM CRACOW (1 tenor 2 baritone)
THEOLOGY STUDENT (baritone)
LAW STUDENT (bass)
STUDENT OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (baritone)
BEELZEBUB (tenor)
MEGAEROS (tenor)
GRAVIS (bass)
LEVIS (baritone)
ASMODUS (baritone)
STUDENT (tenor)
POET (spoken role)
HELEN OF TROY (silent)
BOY (SILENT)
CHORUS
churchgoers, soldiers, courtiers, huntsmen, catholic and lutheran students, countryfolk
Place
Wittenberg and Parma
Time
late Middle Ages