The Devil in Love (opera)

The Devil in Love (French: Le Diable amoureux; Russian: Влюблённый дьявол, romanized: Vlyublyonny dyavol) is an opera in three acts by Alexander Vustin.

[1] The opera was premiered in a two-act version on 15 February 2019 to mark the centenary season of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre in Moscow.

[6] As in the play, the devil is attracted to a young man, Alvare, and assumes several incarnations, including a girl, Biondetta.

[3]: 213  The topic is reminiscent of the Faust myth, but in the play and the opera, the devil becomes more and more human, and the girl is ultimately freed by her love from supernatural powers.

The core instrumentation follows Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat, employing clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin and double bass.