Opera in four acts, with a prologue and epilogue
Music and libretto by Bolto based on GOETHE'S play
(sung in Italian: records)
' The whole work is a curious example of what can be done in opera by an accomplished literary man without original musical gifts, but with ten times the taste and culture of a musician of only ordinary
AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
WANDSWORTH SCHOOL CHOIR
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by JULIUS RUDEL Prologue and Acts 1 and 2 4.30* Interval Reading
4.40* Mefistofele
Acts 3 and 4 and Epilogue
(Placido Domingo in ' I Car and ' Pag ': Good Friday R3 and BBC2)