A piece of semi-improvised musical theatre, this work exists only through a single performance given in my studio at the Villa Medicis at the time, based on a series of relatively precise sketches for the baritone and leaving the pianist a large part for improvisation. It deals with the doubling of personality, as the baritone plays both Faust and Mephisto, the latter in the falsetto register. It was the subject of a video recording the VHS cassette of which has never been viewed since 1998.
This work has not been published.
Recordings, audio excerpts :
A video was made in 1998 at the Villa Medicis (VHS cassette)
difficulty rating: medium to difficult
Edoardo Sanguineti
Italian
Baritone and piano
20 mins approx.