COMPOSERS: Boito
LABELS: Capriccio Laserlight
WORKS: Mefistofele
PERFORMER: Nicola Ghiuselev, Kaloudi Kaloudov, Stefka Evstatieva, Rumjana Bareva, Mincho Popov; Sofia National Opera Orchestra & Chorus/Ivan Marinov
CATALOGUE NO: 24 431
Boito’s epic is delivered with conviction in this 1985 performance, with Nicola Ghiuselev grand and unruly as the devil incarnate, Kaloudi Kaloudov providing a truly Italianate quality as Faust, and Stefka Evstatieva a comprehensive Margherita. Dynamic orchestral playing and conducting, but no libretto. George Hall
Boito: Mefistofele
Boito’s epic is delivered with conviction in this 1985 performance, with Nicola Ghiuselev grand and unruly as the devil incarnate, Kaloudi Kaloudov providing a truly Italianate quality as Faust, and Stefka Evstatieva a comprehensive Margherita. Dynamic orchestral playing and conducting, but no libretto. George Hall
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:17 pm