“Si Faust,” the sung-through musical in Filipino featuring the songs of Wolfgang will be finally staged at Arete beginning mid-November this year, director and co-writer Nelsito Gomez confirmed to GMA News Online.

“Yes, Basti (Artadi) and I are thankful and excited because after four years, here we are. ‘Si Faust’ is the title, which means it’s in Filipino,” Gomez said.

Basti Artadi, vocalist and main composer of Wolfgang, posted earlier on his social media platforms about the musical, posting a photo of himself wearing a black Wolfgang shirt and holding a copy of the libretto, with the title that read “Si Faust, after Goethe, by Wolfgang.”

“So many years, so many attempts, so many times, I almost I quit this ultimate dream of mine to have the bands’ music as part of a musical," Basti began.

"Today I spent the afternoon with a young enthusiastic cast and crew to start the first steps toward getting this thing from dream to reality and I’m so happy things turned out the way they did.

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