Mefistofele

from Arrigo Boito


Mefistofele
Opera in a prologue, four acts and an epilogue

Libretto

A. Boito

Premiere

5 March 1868. Milan (La Scala)

Cast

MEFISTOFELE (bass)
FAUST (tenor)
MARGHERITA (soprano)
ELENA (Soprano)
MARTA (contralto)
PANTALIS (contralto)
WAGNER (tenor)
NEREO (tenor)

CHORUS
Chorus of heavenly host, burghers, witches, sirens; ballet

Place

In heaven, in Frankfurt and in the antique Greece

Time

Composer

Boito, Arrigo