Il Mefistofele
Il Mefistofele

Il Mefistofele

5.0

2 hr 17 min

1989-01-01

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Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera, it has Faust as an ageing hippy. He smokes marijuana and is tormented by his lost youth. Mephisto makes a bet with God that he can turn anyone to pagan life, even someone as innocent as Faust. From then on it is a battle of good against evil in a flamboyant, surreal display of primary colours, PVC costumes, nurses with swastikas, rocket trips, love and even characters dressed as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. Ken Russell said because the devil is always with us is his reason for the contemporary setting.

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Paata Burchuladze

Paata Burchuladze

Ottavio Garaventa

Ottavio Garaventa

Adriana Morelli

Adriana Morelli

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