Mefistofele

Type(s): Opera

Description
- Based on both parts of Goethe's Faust. In naming his setting of Goethe's poem after the devil rather than after its human protagonist, Boito was signalling that his primary concern was the metaphysics of the "bargain between God and the Devil".
Première date
- 1868-03-05
Audio recording
- 410 175-2
Video recording
- 100 414

Article
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mefistofele
Illustration
- http://localhost:8080/ItalianOpera/occurs/opera/boito/mefistofele-poster1.jpg - Scope: Local
Libretto
- http://php.indiana.edu/~lneff/libretti/MefPro.html - Scope: Lyle K. Neff; Web
Synopsis
- http://www.metopera.org/synopses/mefisto.html - Scope: Opera News; Web
Web page
- http://opera.stanford.edu/opera/Boito/Mefistofele/main.html - Scope: Opera Glass; Web

Object id: 1432
Item identifier(s):
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