Falstaff

Falstaff

1993
2h 6m
7.5

7.5/10

3 votes
Music
Overview

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.

Status: Released

Language: IT

Production Information

Production Companies
Deutsche Grammophon
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
Italian

Keywords

opera

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 1993
Status Released
Language IT

Cast

Mirella Freni
Mirella Freni

Alice Ford

Barbara Bonney
Barbara Bonney

Nannetta

Paul Plishka
Paul Plishka

Sir John Falstaff

Bruno Pola
Bruno Pola

Ford

Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne

Mistress Quickly

Frank Lopardo
Frank Lopardo

Fenton

Piero De Palma
Piero De Palma

Dr. Cajus

Anthony Laciura
Anthony Laciura

Bardolfo

James Courtney
James Courtney

Pistola

Susan Graham
Susan Graham

Meg Page

James Levine
James Levine

Self - Conductor

Carole Wright
Carole Wright

Mistress of the Inn

Key Crew

Franco Zeffirelli
Director
Arrigo Boito
Writer
Daniel Anker
Producer
Brian Large
Director
Louisa Briccetti
Producer