Editing Mefistofele (section)

===Act 2===
''Scene 1, The Garden''

[[File:Giardino di Marta.jpg|thumb|Marta's garden for act 2, scene&nbsp;1 (Ferrario)]]

Restored to his youth, Faust has infatuated Margareta, an unsophisticated village girl. She is unable to resist his seductive charms and agrees to drug her mother with a sleeping draught and meet him for a night of passion. Meanwhile, Mefistofele amuses himself with Martha, another of the village girls.

''Scene 2, The Witches Sabbath''

[[File:Mefistofele Witches Sabbath Scene.jpg|thumb|Witches Sabbath (by [[Wilhelm Gause]], performed at the [[Vienna Court Opera]], March 18, 1882)]]

Mefistofele has carried Faust away to witness a [[Witches' Sabbath]] on the [[Brocken]] mountain. They reach to the top and hear the sound of witches approaching from below. They draw near and Mefistofele, declaring himself king, calls to them to bow down before him. The devil mounts his throne and proclaims his contempt for the World and all its worthless inhabitants. As the orgy reaches its climax, Faust sees a vision of Margherita, apparently in chains and with her throat cut. Mefistofele reassures him that the vision was a false illusion. The revels continue.