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Boito: Mefistofele, Treigle: Domingo: Caballé / London Symphony Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Julius Rudel / EMI Records 3x LP
SLS 973
Mefistofele is an opera in a prologue and five acts, later reduced to four acts and an epilogue, the only completed opera with music by the Italian composer-librettist Arrigo Boito (there are several completed operas for which he was librettist only). The opera was given its premiere on 5 March 1868 at La Scala, Milan, under the baton of the composer, despite his lack of experience and skill as a conductor.
Label: EMI Records – SLS 973
Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera
Tracklist:
| A | Prologue In Heaven | 24:25 | |
| B | Act I Scene 1, Easter Sunday & Scene 2, The Pact (Beginning) |
23:15 | |
| C1 | Act I Scene 2, The Pact (Conclusion) | 5:20 | |
| C2 | Act II Scene 1, The Garden | 11:40 | |
| D1 | Act II Scene 2, The Witches' Sabbath | 19:00 | |
| D2 |
Act III Scene 1, The Death Of Margherita (Beginning) | 4:20 | |
| E1 | Act III Scene 1, The Death Of Margherita (Conclusion) | 12:40 | |
| E2 | Act IV, The Night Of The Classical Sabbath (Beginning) | 12:00 | |
| F1 | Act IV, The Night Of The Classical Sabbath (Conclusion) | 10:05 | |
| F2 | Epilogue, The Death Of Faust | 12:15 |
- Baritone Vocals [Nereo] – Leslie Fyson
- Bass Vocals [Mephistopheles] – Norman Treigle
- Chorus – The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Chorus Of Boys From The Wadsworth School Choir
- Chorus Master – John McCarthy, Russell Burgess
- Composed By – Arrigo Boïto
- Conductor – Julius Rudel
- Engineer – Robert Gooch
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Martha] – Heather Begg
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Pantalis] – Delia Wallis
- Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
- Photography – G. Macdomnic
- Photography By – Anthony Crickmay, Beth Bergman
- Producer [Recording] – John Mordler
- Producer [Stereo], Translated By – Gwyn Morris
- Soprano Vocals [Elena] – Josella Ligi
- Soprano Vocals [Margherita] – Montserrat Caballé
- Tenor Vocals [Faust] – Plácido Domingo
- Tenor Vocals [Wagner] – Tom Allen
