Mefistofele is an opera in a prologue, four acts and an epilogue, the only completed opera with music by the Italian composer-librettist Arrigo Boito (there are several completed operas for which he ...
NEW YORK — The best that can be said for some recent Metropolitan Opera productions — “Samson et Dalila” and “Tosca,” I’m looking at you — is that they don’t actively hinder the works being performed.
SAN FRANCISCO — From the moment the devil climbs out of the pit — the orchestra pit — and onto the stage at War Memorial Opera House, one gets the sense that San Francisco Opera’s season-opening ...
2 Photos: First Look at the Metropolitan Opera’s New Production of Bellini’s I PURITANI 3 Review Roundup: I PURITANI at the Metropolitan Opera 4 Video: Lisette Oropesa Sings Act II Aria From I ...
Are all basses either ferocious bad guys, cunning cheats or worst of all, devils in the world of opera? I had an interview date with one of opera’s infamous devils last week during which I asked him ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Dec. 25—Opera Southwest is bringing "Mefistofele" to New Year's Eve. Composer Arrigo Boito's 1868 opera will be the concert centerpiece of the Sunday, Dec. 31, performance at the National Hispanic ...
Recorded live in October 2013, Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, whose "voice is massive...his singing...piping hot, precise and stinging" (San Jose Mercury News) is Mefistofele. In his staged role debut ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele has its faults, but you can’t accuse the composer of lacking artistic aspirations.
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