Mefistofele - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Opera in three parts, in Italian, with Hungarian and English surtitles

Arrigo Boito is one of the most unique figures in the history of music, not least of all because of his work as a poet: he is responsible for some of the finest librettos ever written for opera (including, for example, Otello). Smitten with Wagner and metaphysics, it's no surprise that he became enamoured with Goethe's Faust, in particularly with the figure of the devil. Mefistofele is his sole completed opera for which he also composed the music. Balázs Kovalik's thrilling production focuses on the mystery of the eternal duel between God against Satan, using powerful imagery to amplify Boito's own personalised poetic treatment of the subject.

"The greatest mystery of all isn't the fact that one is thrust into the infinity of creation and the cosmos, but rather that in one in captivity there, we become aware of thoughts powerful enough to make us doubt that our lives are not simply fleeting moments of nothingness after all." (Béla Hamvas)


Composer
Arrigo Boito

Librettist
Arrigo Boito

Director
Balázs Kovalik

Set designer
Csaba Antal

Costume designer
Mari Benedek

Choreographer
Marianna Venekei

Hungarian surtitles
Lajos Csákovics

English surtitles
Arthur Roger Crane

Chorus director
Gábor Csiki

Head of the Children's Chorus
Nikolett Hajzer

Conductor
Antonello Allemandi

Mefistofele
Erwin Schrott

Faust
Attila Fekete

Margherita / Elena
Gabriella Létay Kiss

Wagner / Nereo
Gergely Boncsér

Marta / Pantalis
Anna Csenge Fürjes




Subject to change.