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As Faustus faces the end of his bargain, he and Mephistopheles appear as an intertwined pair. Their exchanges explore humanity’s obsession with power; Sly, a jester drawn from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, introduces a contrasting voice.
Perelà is a man made of smoke who forms over thirty-three years in the fireplace tended by three women. When he finds the hearth abandoned, he names himself from their names, puts on boots to anchor himself, and travels to a nearby city. At court, people admire his lightness and ask him to devise a new legal code; Marchesa Olivia falls in love with him. After Alloro sets himself on fire hoping to emulate Perelà, Alloro’s daughter accuses Perelà of murder. He is imprisoned, but removes his boots and escapes through the cell chimney, floating into the sky.
As Faustus faces the end of his bargain, he and Mephistopheles appear as an intertwined pair. Their exchanges explore humanity’s obsession with power; Sly, a jester drawn from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, introduces a contrasting voice.
Perelà is a man made of smoke who forms over thirty-three years in the fireplace tended by three women. When he finds the hearth abandoned, he names himself from their names, puts on boots to anchor himself, and travels to a nearby city. At court, people admire his lightness and ask him to devise a new legal code; Marchesa Olivia falls in love with him. After Alloro sets himself on fire hoping to emulate Perelà, Alloro’s daughter accuses Perelà of murder. He is imprisoned, but removes his boots and escapes through the cell chimney, floating into the sky.