Mefistofele (Italian pronunciation: [mefiˈstɔːfele]) is an opera in a prologue and five acts, later reduced to four acts and an epilogue, the only completed opera with music by the Italian composer-librettist Arrigo Boito (there are several completed operas for …

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Boito’s Mefistofele is an operatic feast of choruses, dances, satanic ritual, and heavenly rapture. Mefistofele plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance …

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Read the synopsis of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito on Opera-Arias.com. With links to other information and other operas.

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Mefistofele is the only completed opera by the Italian composer Arrigo Boito. It was premiered on March 5, 1868 at La Scala, Milan, and remains a popular work today. Mefistofele is one of many pieces of classical music to be based on the Faust legend. Like many other composers, Boito used Goethe’s version as the basis for his work. Boito was ...

In Heaven, the demon Mefistofele makes a bet with the heavenly hosts that he can win the soul of God’s favourite scholar, Faust. Appearing in his study, Mefistofele convinces the elderly Faust to pledge his immortal soul for a life of blissful pleasures.