Baden-Baden: Boito: Mefistofele: Preview
Preview: Season 2019 | 30s
Director Philipp Himmelmann brings cinematic flair to Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele."
Arrigo Boito is best known as the librettist of two Verdi operas, but he wrote and composed one opera himself: Mefistofele. It's based on Gothe's "Faust" and wasn't successful during its first run. Verdi even allegedly said that Boito "aspires to originality but succeeds only at being strange." This larger-than-life production embraced the strangeness and won over critics and audiences alike.
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Baden-Baden: Boito: Mefistofele: Preview
Preview: Season 2019 | 30s
Arrigo Boito is best known as the librettist of two Verdi operas, but he wrote and composed one opera himself: Mefistofele. It's based on Gothe's "Faust" and wasn't successful during its first run. Verdi even allegedly said that Boito "aspires to originality but succeeds only at being strange." This larger-than-life production embraced the strangeness and won over critics and audiences alike.
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