Doktor Faust

from Ferruccio Busoni


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

Composer

Busoni, Ferruccio