Il Mefistofele

Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele, his best-known work, was first performed in 1868. Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera has Faust as an ageing hippie, smoking marijuana and being 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. Thus ensues a battle of good a...

Ken Russell(1927-2011)

Director

Fabio Armiliato

as Wagner

Unknown

as supervising director: for TV

Saverio Bambi

as Nereo

Laura Bocca

as Pabtalis

Paata Burchuladze

as Mefistofele

Silvana Mazzieri

as Marta

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