Mefistofele

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Composer
Arrigo Boito
Librettist
Arrigo Boito
Based On

the epic drama Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1963
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Stage Director(s)
Lotfi Mansouri
Chorus Director
Vincenzo Giannini
Choreographer
Lew Christensen
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Mefistofele
Giorgio Tozzi
Faust
Sandor Konya
Wagner, his pupil
Howard Fried
Margherita
Mary Costa
Marta
Dorothy Cole
Elena (Helen of Troy)
Mary Costa
Pantalis
Janis Martin
Nereus
Richard Riffel

Show Dates

Time and Place

Middle ages and antiquity -- Germany and ancient Greece

Scenes

Prologue -- In Heaven
Act I, Scene 1 -- Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Easter Sunday
Scene 2 -- Faust's study
Act II, Scene 1 -- Marta's garden
Scene 2 -- The heights of the Brocken in the Harz mountains
Act III -- A prison cell
Act IV -- Ancient Greece
Epilogue -- Faust's study

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, director

Dancers