Sofia National Opera 10 June 1983   Mefistofele    Nikola Ghiuselev Faust    Kaludi Kaludov Margherita    Stefka Evstatieva Elena    Rumiana Bareva Pentalis    Reni Penkova Martha    Evelina Stoitzeva Wagner    Mincho Minchev Nereo    Boris Bogdanov Ivan Marinov, cond.

Prologue and Act I

09:20	Ave, Signor.
23:50	Act I
38:45	Dai campi, dai prati
43:20	Son lo spirito

Act II

11:35	Scene 2 - Witches' Sabbath
17:45	Ecco il mondo

Act III

13:40

Lontano, lontano

Act IV

Epilogue

Boito's Mefistofele has had only one production in Bulgaria and that was during the 1982-83 season. The performance of the Sofia National Opera on 10 June 1983 was recorded by BNR in stereo and is heard here with Nikola Ghiuselev singing Mefistofele and Stefka Evstatieva singing Margherita in Italian with the rest of the cast, including a young Kaludi Kaludov, singing in Bulgarian.