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Mefistofele

Jan 01, 1989 | IMDB 10

148 min Watch Now

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1989 recording of the San Francisco Opera production of Mefistofele: Boito's retelling of Goethe's Faust

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Samuel Ramey, Dennis O'Neill, Gabriela Beňačková, Judith Christin, Emily Manhart, Daniel Harper, Douglas Wunsch

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