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Verdi: Falstaff
RecommendedMichele Pertusi (Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bülent Bezdüz (Fenton), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Josè Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mistress Quickly), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
By all accounts the performances at the Barbican were among the most enjoyable of their kind in London for a long time, and certainly the enjoyment comes across on disc. The 'how' of it isn't... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Opera Recording
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Karajan conducts Verdi’s Falstaff
RecommendedNan Merriman, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Fedora Barbieri, Tito Gobbi, Tomaso Spataro, Renato Ercolani, Nicola Zaccaria, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai & Anna Moffo
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
This Falstaff still stands (with Toscanini) peerless in the catalogue. At its centre stands Tito Gobbi, and his is a presence large enough to encompass both the lord and the jester, the sensuous... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Verdi: Falstaff Michael Volle (Falstaff), Alfredo Daza (Ford), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Nadine Sierra (Nannetta), Daniela Barcellona (Mistress Quickly), Francesco Demuro (Fenton)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Mario Martone
Purists should look away now, but I found this production by Mario Martone tremendous fun...Volle inhabits the title role with absolute conviction: he is laugh-out-loud funny, his vocal delivery... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Verdi: Falstaff
RecommendedBryn Terfel (Falstaff), Thomas Hampson (Ford), Adrianne Pieczonka (Alice Ford), Danill Shtoda (Fenton), Dorothea Röschmann (Nannetta), Larissa Diadkova (Mistress Quickly), Stella Doufexis (Meg Page), Enrico Facini (Dr Cajus)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Claudio Abbado
Terfel gives a vital, three-dimensional reading as one might expect...the final fugue at a very fast tempo is thrillingly precise, thansk to a team of leading singers who respond brilliantly... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Verdi: Falstaff Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Roberto Frontali (Ford), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mistress Quickly), Desiree Rancatore (Nanetta), Kenneth Tarver (Fenton)
Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink, stage direction by Graham Vick
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Verdi: Falstaff
Andrew Shore (Falstaff), Yvonne Kenny (Alice Ford), Ashley Holland (Ford), Susan Gritton (Nannetta), Barry Banks (Fenton), Stuart Kale (Dr Caius), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Mistress Quickly), Alice Coote (Meg Page), Clive Bayley (Pistol), Richard Roberts (Bardolph)
English National Opera Chorus,...
A strong cast, with every role vividly portrayed; Paul Daniel conducts confidently and enthusiastically. — More…
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Verdi: Falstaff
RecommendedGiuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli, Nan Merriman, Cloe Elmo
NDC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
This Falstaff remains, as it always has been, one of the half a dozen greatest opera sets ever recorded. It's a miracle in every respect. How Toscanini loved Verdi and how he strained every sinew... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Verdi: Falstaff Tito Gobbi (Falstaff), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Alice Ford), Anna Maria Canali (Meg Page), Anna Moffo (Nanetta), Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Luigi Alva (Fenton), Tomaso Spataro (Dr. Cajus), Renato Ercolani (Bardolfo) & Mario Petri (Pistola)
Vienna Philharmonic...
2 CDs
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Verdi: Falstaff
RecommendedGeraint Evans (Sir John Falstaff), Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly), Ilva Ligabue (Alice Ford), Robert Merrill (Ford), Mirella Freni (Nannetta), Alfredo Kraus (Fenton), Rosalind Elias (Meg Page), John Lanigan (Dr Cajus), Piero de Palma (Bardolfo), Giovanni Foiani (Pistola)
RCA Italiana...
Geraint Evans has deservedly earned great praise for his splendid characterisation and singing of Falstaff ... in all this is a very good-humoured and well-rounded portrait of the part ... this... — More…
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Verdi: Falstaff
Leonard Warren (Falstaff), Giuseppe Valdengo (Ford), Giuseppe di Stefano (Fenton), Regina Resnik (Alice Ford), Licia Albanese (Nannetta), Cloe Elmo (Quickly), Martha Lipton (Meg Page), Alessio de Paolis (Bardolpho), Lorenzo Alvary (Pistol)
Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner
2 CDs
$15.50
