from Part III of the French opera
La Damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz
Libretto: Gérard de Nerval
Role: Méphistophélès, the devil
Voice Part: bass Fach: lyric bass
Setting: Marguerite's room
Synopsis: Méphistophélès serenades Marguerite and Faust mockingly about the deceit of man.