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The libretto
of Verdi's Falstaff in Italian
can be found at
http://rick.stanford.edu/opera/Verdi/Falstaff/libretto.html
Falstaff in full score, amazon.co.uk
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DVD
The DVD version (for United States and Canada) of a 2001 performance of Verdi's Falstaff with Juan Diego Florez as Fenton and Barbara Frittoli as Alice was released on November 18, 2003, and can be ordered from amazon.com. The performance, at the small Teatro Verdi in Busseto, Italy, featured sets and costumes recreated from a performance of 1913.
Verdi - Falstaff / Bacquier, Stilwell, Armstrong, Lindenstrand, Szirmay, Cosotti, Ihloff, Lanigan, Solti, Vienna Philharmonic
Studio film directed by Goetz Friedrich.
Verdi: Falstaff / Bryn Terfel
Falstaff, Bryn Terfel, arkivmusic.com
Verdi: Falstaff
1982 production at the Salzburg festival with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. The cast includes Giuseppe Taddei (Sir John Falstaff), Raina Kabaivanska (Alice Ford), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), and Christa Ludwig (Quickly).
Verdi - Falstaff / Taddei, Carteri, Moffo, Barbieri, Alva, Serafin, RAI (1956)
Black and white
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Recommended recordings:
A recent recording of Falstaff that is selling very well starts Bryn Terfel in the title role, with Adrianne Pieczonka, Thomas Hampson, and the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado. Available from amazon.com
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The recording of Verdi's Falstaff most acclaimed by the critics stars Tito Gobbi in the title role, with
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, and Fedora Barbieri,
conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Available from amazon.com
Falstaff on EMI
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Performers: Nicola Zaccaria, Tomaso
Spataro, Nan Merriman, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Fedora Barbieri, Renato Ercolani Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus Number of Discs: 2
Verdi: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Alva, Panerai,
Moffo et al., Arkivmusic.com
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My personal favorite recording of Falstaff stars Geraint Evans in the title role, with Ilva Ligabue, Mirella Freni, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Merrill, and Giulietta Simionato, and the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Georg Solti. I enjoy hearing a British singer in the role of Falstaff, and the rest of the cast is outstanding.
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Opera d'Oro has issued a recording of Falstaff with the following cast:
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Sir John Falstaff:
Mariano Stabile Mistress Alice Ford: Renata Tebaldi Fenton: Cesare Valletti Ford: Paolo Silveri Dr. Caius: Mariano Caruso Bardolfo: Giuseppe Nessi Pistola: Silvio Maionica Nanetta: Alda Noni Mistress Quickly: Cloe Elmo Mistress Page: Anna Maria Canali Orchestra &
Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan |
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Falstaff
Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Leo Nucci, Barbara Hendricks, et al., Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
CD, Amazon.co.uk
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Falstaff
Cappuccilli, Cotrubas, Domingo, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
CD, Amazon.co.uk
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Falstaff in English
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Performers: Clive Bayley, Andrew
Shore, Ashley Holland, Stuart Kale, Barry Banks, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Richard Roberts, Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote, Susan Gritton Conductor: Paul Daniel Orchestra/Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus Number of Discs: 2
Verdi: Falstaff (Opera In English) / Daniel et al.,
arkivmusic.com
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