I wish that I could have seen every performance of Boito’s Mefistofele, but other things got in the way. The music is wonderful, the sets were magnificent, the entire performance was “beyond spectacular” in the words of a friend who sings bass for Opera San Jose. But I only got to see the dress rehearsal, the performance of Sept. 20, and this penultimate performance. This cast was the same as the cast of Sept. 20, with the exception of Elena.
Our cast:
Mefistofele: Ildar Abdrazakov
Faust: Ramon Vargas
Wagner: Chuanyue Wang
Margherita: Patricia Racette
Elena: Marina Harris
Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
Production: Robert Carsen
Again, a fabulous afternoon in the theater, but Samuel Ramey still owns the role of Mefistofele for all time. Almost an alpha. It was 19 years between productions in San Francisco; I hope we don’t have to wait that long again.
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