Editing Mefistofele (section)

==Roles==
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!rowspan=2|Role<ref>According to the original librettos.</ref>
!colspan=2|First version
!colspan=2|Revised Bologna version
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![[Voice type]]
!Cast, 5 March 1868<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=05-03-1868|match=Mefistofele|label=''Mefistofele'', 5 March 1868}}</ref><br>Conductor: Arrigo Boito
!Voice type
!Cast, 4 October 1875<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=04-10-1875|match=Mefistofele|label=''Mefistofele'', 4 October 1875}}</ref><br>Conductor: [[Emilio Usiglio]]
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|Mefistofele || [[bass (voice type)|bass]] || François-Marcel (Marcello) Junca || bass || Romano Nannetti
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|Faust, ''a scholar'' || [[baritone]] || Gerolamo Spallazzi || [[tenor]] || [[Italo Campanini]]
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|Margherita, ''a simple girl'' || soprano || Mélanie-Charlotte Reboux || soprano || [[Erminia Borghi-Mamo]]
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|Elena ([[Helen of Troy]]) || [[soprano]] || Mélanie-Charlotte Reboux || soprano || Erminia Borghi-Mamo
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|Wagner, ''Faust's pupil'' || tenor || || tenor ||Carlo Casarini
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|Nereo, ''a Greek elder'' || || (no role)<ref>Casaglia erroneously claims the role of Nereo was also performed at the 1868 premiere, crediting it to an undeclared tenor.</ref> || tenor || Carlo Casarini
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|Marta, ''Margherita's neighbour'' || [[contralto]] || Giuseppina Flory || contralto || Antonietta Mazzucco (De-Fassi?)<ref name="De-Fassi">Sources generally credit contralto Antonietta Mazzucco as the creator of the roles of Marta and Pantalis, whereas the original libretto reports the name of a "Signora De-Fassi", about whom further information is lacking.</ref>
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|Pantalis, ''Helen's companion'' || || (no role)<ref>Casaglia erroneously claims the role of Pantalis was also played at the 1868 premiere, crediting it to Giuseppina Flory.</ref> || contralto || Antonietta Mazzucco (De-Fassi?)<ref name="De-Fassi" />
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|''The Astrologer'' || bass || Luigi Alessandrini || || (no role)
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|colspan="5" | Additional characters from the first version: ''The Herald; The Beggar; The Emperor; Lilith; Paris; A Boy; A Goblin''
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|colspan="5" style=max-width:60em | Chorus (second version): ''heavenly host, Chorus Mysticus, cherubim, penitents, strollers, crossbowmen, hunters, students, villagers, women of the people, middle class people, witches, warlocks, Greek chorus women,<ref>Boito writes "Coretidi", after Goethe.</ref> Sirens, Nereids,<ref>Boito writes "Doridi", after Goethe.</ref> Greek coryphaei, warriors''
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