Special offer. Boito: Mefistofele
Ferruccio Furlanetto (Mefistofele (Mephistopheles)), Giuseppe Filianoti (Faust, a scholar), Dimitra Theodossiou (Margherita / Elena (Helen of Troy)), Sonia Zaramella (Marta, Margherita’s neighbour), Mimmo Ghegghi (Wagner, Faust’s pupil / Nereo) & Monica Minarelli (Pantalis, Elena’s companion)
Orchestra,...
Stefano Ranzani upholds the energy in the swift-moving sections...He contributes well to the tension and responds to the different speeds, from rapid chorus to inward-looking aria. Everything...
Special offer. Boito: Mefistofele
Ferruccio Furlanetto (Mefistofele (Mephistopheles)), Giuseppe Filianoti (Faust, a scholar), Dimitra Theodossiou (Margherita / Elena (Helen of Troy)), Sonia Zaramella (Marta, Margherita’s neighbour), Mimmo Ghegghi (Wagner, Faust’s pupil / Nereo) & Monica Minarelli (Pantalis, Elena’s companion)
Orchestra,...
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Stefano Ranzani upholds the energy in the swift-moving sections...He contributes well to the tension and responds to the different speeds, from rapid chorus to inward-looking aria. Everything...
About
Gifted as both a writer and a musician, Arrigo Boito wrote the libretto to his own opera Mefistofele. Based on Goethe’s Faust and the eternal struggle between Good and Evil, Mefistofele is the pinnacle of Boito’s compositional achievement and has retained a place in the operatic repertoire.
Artists
Ferruccio Furlanetto (Mefistofele (Mephistopheles)), Giuseppe Filianoti (Faust, a scholar), Dimitra Theodossiou (Margherita / Elena (Helen of Troy)), Sonia Zaramella (Marta, Margherita’s neighbour), Mimmo Ghegghi (Wagner, Faust’s pupil / Nereo) & Monica Minarelli (Pantalis, Elena’s companion)
Orchestra, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Stefano Ranzani
Contents and tracklist
- Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Monica Minarelli (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe Filianoti (tenor), Dimitra Theodossiou (soprano), Sonia Zaramella (mezzo-soprano), Mimmo Ghegghi (tenor)
- Palermo Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo, Palermo Teatro Massimo Chorus, Palermo Teatro Massimo Children's Chorus
- Stefano Ranzani
- Recorded: 27 January 2008
- Recording Venue: Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy
Awards and reviews
July/August 2011
Stefano Ranzani upholds the energy in the swift-moving sections...He contributes well to the tension and responds to the different speeds, from rapid chorus to inward-looking aria. Everything benefits from an extremely fine recording. I find it one of the best versions on disc.
