Erwin Schrott has pulled out as Mephisto in Covent Garden’s upcoming production of Gounod’s Faust.
His replacement is a rising Pole, Adam Palka, who has sung leading roles in Vienna, Paris and Milan. His Mephisto has boomed out in Hamburg, Vienna and Stuttgart.
Should be interesting.
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