and singing the mocking couplets, fiercely destroys him into pieces. The students attend his room on the next morning and watch his remains. The chorus tells the audience to learn the moral of this story, to be sober and resist evil. Recordings (CD) RCA Red Seal 09026684132. Jürgen Freier, Eberhard Lorenz, Arno Raunig, Hanna Schwarz, Eberhard Büchner, Jonathan Barreto-Ramos, Christoph Johannes Wendel, Jürgen Fersch, Hamburg State Opera Chorus, Hamburg State Opera Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht Bibliography Alexander Ivashkin (1996). Alfred Schnittke, Phaidon Press. . pp. 152, 207–8, 214. External links Details, G. Schirmer Details, Boosey & Hawkes German-language operas Operas 1995 operas Operas by Alfred Schnittke Opera world premieres at the Hamburg State Opera Music based on the Faust legend The Devil in opera