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Mefistofele

State Opera (Státní opera)Wilsonova 4, Praga, Central Bohemian Region, 110 00, República Checa
Fechas/horas en zona horaria de Prague
sábado 06 diciembre 202518:00
viernes 12 diciembre 202519:00
jueves 18 diciembre 202519:00
domingo 21 diciembre 202517:00
sábado 27 diciembre 202518:00
Intérpretes
Prague State Opera
Gabriel FeltzDirección
Ivan KrejčíDirección de escena
Milan DavidDiseño de escena
Marta RozskopfováDiseño de vestuario
Daniel TesařDiseño de iluminación
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Prague State Opera Chorus
Jitka SlavíkováDramaturgia
Prague National Theatre Opera Ballet
Pueri Gaudentes
Adolf MelicharDirección de coro
Libor SládekDirección de coro
Jerzy ButrynBajoMefistofele
Kyungho KimTenorFaust
Jean-François BorrasTenorFaust
Petra Šimková-AlvarezSopranoMargherita
Josef MoravecTenorWagner, Nereo
Martin ŠrejmaTenorWagner, Nereo
Jana SýkorováMezzosopranoMarta
Sylva ČmugrováSopranoPantalis
Victoria KhoroshunovaSopranoElena

Arrigo Boito stressed that a perfect opera could only accrue from a great and profound work of poetry. And such is Goethe’s Faust. Yet unlike the composers who had set the masterpiece to music previously, he did not limit himself to Part 1, but proceeded to Part 2 of Goethe’s drama, taking place at the imperial court and during Antiquity. Although he had to omit a number of important scenes and characters, the result was an opera lasting nearly five hours. The premiere on 5 March 1868 at La Scala in Milan was a flop, giving rise to one of the most tumultuous uproars in opera history. Boito presently got down to revising the piece and radically reduced the score. The new version, first performed at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna on 4 October 1875, was an instant success. Boito continued to make changes to the opera, until Mefistofele assumed its definitive form in 1881, when it triumphantly returned to La Scala. Mefistofele was his operatic debut and swan song alike. Boito worked on several other operas, including Nerone, yet failed to finish any of them. Nevertheless, during his lifetime Mefistofele was so hugely popular in Italy and beyond that it was enough to prompt the University of Cambridge to grant him an honorary doctorate in music.

Mefistofele was first performed in Prague in February 1881 at the Estates Theatre. The production was also taken up by the newly opened Neues deutsches Theater (now the State Opera), in 1888 and 1897. The National Theatre first presented Mefistofele on 9 December 1885, then in 1896 and, finally, 1936 and 1942, with the celebrated bass Vilém Zítek in the title role. The current Prague production, staged by the renowned drama and opera director Ivan Krejčí, premiered at the State Opera in 2015.

Críticas de Mefistofele dirigida por Ivan Krejčí

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