MEFISTOFELE

Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
Opera in four acts in Italian
Libretto: Arrigo Boito 
Premièr at Teatro all Scala, Milan – 5 March 1868
22, 25, 27, 30 March - 03 April 1958
Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Antonino Votto
Chorus master: Norberto Mola
Stage director: Tatiana Pavlova
Scene and costumes: Attilio Colonnello

Mefistofele CESARE SIEPI bass
Faust GIANNI POGGI tenor
Margherita LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Matha STEFANIA MALAGU’ mezzo-soprano
Wagner FRANCO RICCIARDI tenor
Elena ANNA DE CAVALLIERI soprano
Pantalis FIORENZA COSSOTTO mezzo-soprano
Nereo ANGELO MERCURIALI tenor

Time: Middle Ages
Place: Heaven; Frankfurt, Germany; Vale of Tempe, Ancient Greece

Note: Due to Gencer's illness she couldn't make first two performances. Young soprano Cesy Broggini substituted her at the first two performances.

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano 
 

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1958 March 23 - 29


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