Verdi's Falstaff performed live at the Teatro Regio di Parma
October 10, 2011
2h 11m
IT
Tiziano Mancini
In England, at Windsor during the reign of Henry IV of England (1399–1413). Sir John Falstaff, also known as ‘Il Pancione’ (the Potbelly), has two identical love letters sent out, one to Meg Page and the other to Alice Ford, then delivers a sarcastic lecture on honour to his servants Bardolfo and Pistola. In Ford’s garden, his wife Alice and her friend Meg notice the similarity between Falstaff’s letters and decide to take revenge on him by pretending that Alice is receiving him at home whilst Ford is away. ‘Falstaff’ is a three-act opera buffa by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ and ‘Henry IV’, Parts I and II. It premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala in Milan and on 18 April 1894 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. It was the last opera composed by the composer, then aged 80. Taken from the 27-opera Verdi box set “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 10, 12, 15, 22 and 25 October 2011.
Ambrogio Maestri
Sir John Falstaff
Luca Salsi
Ford
Arrigo Boito
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Svetla Vassileva
Alice Ford
Barbara Bargnesi
Nannetta
Daniela Pini
Mistress Meg Page
Romina Tomasoni
Mistress Quickly
Antonio Gandía
Fenton
Luca Casalin
Dr Caius
Patrizio Saudelli
Bardolfo
Mattia Denti
Pistola
C Major Entertainment
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