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from Act II, Scene 1 of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Faust, a philosopher
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto tenor
Setting: Margherita's garden, Frankfurt, Germany, medieval times
Synopsis: Faust has been rejuvenated by the Devil and is now wooing Margherita with a passionate song.
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from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Faust, a philosopher
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto tenor
Setting: Faust's study, Frankfurt, Germany, medievel times
Synopsis: It is Easter. Faust sings of the eternal peace and goodness of the world.
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from Act IV of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Faust, a philosopher
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto tenor
Setting: Ancient Greece
Synopsis: Mefistofele takes Faust back to Ancient Greece and introduces him to Helen of Troy in order to convince him to give in to sin. Faust finds that Helen is his ideal woman in beauty and purity and tells her this.
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from Epilogue of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Faust, a philosopher
Voice Part: tenor Fach: spinto tenor
Setting: Faust's Study
Synopsis: Faust is once again an old man. Mefistofele attempts to tempt him again in order to win Faust's soul, but Faust refuses, keeping his mind on God and awaiting his death.
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from Act III of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Margherita, a peasant girl, daughter of Marta
Voice Part: soprano Fach: spinto soprano
Setting: Margherita's prison cell, Germany, medieval times
Synopsis: Margherita has poisoned her mother and killed her illegitimate baby and now has been imprisoned. She sings of her insanity and her coming execution.
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from Act III of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Margherita, a peasant girl, daughter of Marta
Voice Part: soprano Fach: spinto soprano
Setting: Margherita's prison cell, Germany, medieval times
Synopsis: Margherita is awaiting execution. She realizes that her only recourse left to her is God. She prays to him, asking him to forgive all of the errors and sins of her past.
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from Prologue of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Mefistofele, the Devil
Voice Part: bass Fach: heavy bass
Setting: The Heavens
Synopsis: Mefistofele speaks to God and offers to wager that he can win the soul of Doctor Faust, a respected philosopher, by enticing him to sin.
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from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Mefistofele, the Devil
Voice Part: bass Fach: heavy bass
Setting: The heights of Brocken Mountain, medieval times
Synopsis: During a series of Satanic rituals on the mountaintop, a group of witches give Mefistofele a glass globe. He sees the world in it and declares his hatred for it.
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from Act I, Scene 2 of the Italian opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito Libretto: Arrigo Boito
Role: Mefistofele, the Devil
Voice Part: bass Fach: heavy bass
Setting: Faust's study, Frankfurt, Germany, medievel times
Synopsis: Mefistofele reveals his true nature to Faust and goes on to describe his evil features.
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