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Opera

Mefistofele

Synopsis

Best-known today as the librettist of Verdi’s final Shakespearean masterpieces, Otello and Falstaff, the multitalented Arrigo Boito was also a fine composer in his own right. Hugely ambitious in scope, and some 20 years in the making, his first (and only completed) opera, Mefistofele, sets out to encompass nothing less than the whole of Goethe’s vast poetic drama Faust (part I and II), and is considered the very central work of his phase between Verdi and Puccini. Making his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper, director Roland Schwab (a protégé of the legendary Ruth Berghaus) plays devil’s advocate by setting the opera in a nightmarish atmosphere. “The exceptional solistic cast” (ORF) features René Pape, Joseph Calleja, Kristine Opolais and Karine Babajanyan.

Additional Info

  • No: 739304
  • Composer: Arrigo Boito
  • Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
  • Orchestra: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
  • Artists: René Pape, Joseph Calleja, Kristine Opolais, Karine Babajanyan
  • Production year: 2016-11
  • Run time: 02:20:00
  • Director: Staged by Roland Schwab

Disc Infos

  • Subtitles: It, E, F, Sp, G, Ko, Jp, Ch
  • Booklet: E, G, F
  • No. of Discs: 1
  • Run time: 140 minutes
  • Disc Format: BD 50
  • Picture: NTSC HD
  • Audio: PCM Stereo, PCM 5.1
  • Region Code: 0 (worldwide)
  • Price Code: CME 25
  • Item No.: 739304
  • UPC No.: 814337013936
  • Release Date: 2016-11
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