Falstaff / Verdi ; libretto: Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare.

Author/creator Verdi, Giuseppe composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationHamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [2001]
Copyright Date℗2001
Description2 audio discs (114 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBoito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
Other author/creatorPieczonka, Adrianne, 1963- performer.
Other author/creatorRöschmann, Dorothea, performer.
Other author/creatorDi͡adʹkova, Larisa, performer.
Other author/creatorShtoda, Daniil, performer.
Other author/creatorHampson, Thomas, performer.
Other author/creatorTerfel, Bryn, performer.
Other author/creatorAbbado, Claudio, conductor, writer of added commentary.
Other author/creatorPorter, Andrew, 1928-2015, writer of added commentary.
Other author/creatorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.
Other author/creatorShakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.
Other author/creatorRundfunkchor Berlin performer.
Other author/creatorBerliner Philharmoniker, performer.
Contents Disc 1 (52:07). Atto primo = Act I. "Falstaff!" "Olà!" (Dr. Cajus, Falstaff, Bardolfo, Pistola) (4:53) -- "6 polli: 6 scellini" (Falstaff, Bardolfo, Pistola) (2:42) -- "Ma è tempo d'assottigliar l'ingegno" (Falstaff, Bardolfo, Pistola) (3:47) -- "L'onore! Ladri!" (Falstaff) (4:05) -- "Alice," "Meg," "Nannetta" (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta) (1:16) -- "Fulgida Alice! amor t'offro..." "Quell'otre! quel tino!" (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta, Dr. Cajus, Bardolfo, Fenton, Pistola, Ford) (3:43) -- "In due parole" (Pistola, Dr. Cajus, Ford, Bardolfo, Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly) (1:22) -- "Pst, pst, Nannetta" (Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly) (5:09) -- "Udrai quanta egli sfoggia" (Bardolfo, Ford, Pistola, Dr. Cajus, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Quickly, Fenton) (2:55) -- Atto secondo = Act II. "Siam pentiti e contriti," "Reverenza!" (Bardolfo, Pistola, Falstaff, Quickly) (5:46) -- "Alice è mia! Va', vecchio John" (Falstaff, Bardolfo) (1:49) -- "Signore, v'assista il cielo!" (Ford, Falstaff, Bardolfo, Pistola) (2:34) -- "C'è a Windsor una dama" (Ford, Falstaff) (6:27) -- "È sogno? o realtà?" (Ford, Falstaff) (5:39).
Contents Disc 2 (61:20). "Presenteremo un bill," "Giunta all'albergo della Giarrettiera" (Alice, Quickly, Meg, Nannetta) (3:58) -- "Gaie comari di Windsor!" (Alice, Meg, Quickly, Nannetta) (1:36) -- "Alfin t'ho colto, raggiante fior" (Falstaff, Alice) (3:17) -- "Quand'ero paggio" (Falstaff, Alice, Quickly) (1:01) -- "MIa signora!" (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Meg, Ford, Bardolfo, Pistola) (2:42) -- "Vien qua," "Che chiasso!" (Nannetta, Fenton, Dr. Cajus, Ford, Pistola, Bardolfo) (1:36) -- "C'è," "C'è," "Se t'agguanto!" "Se ti piglio!" (Ford, Dr. Cajus, Quickly, Meg, Bardolfo, Pistola, Falstaff, Fenton, Nannetta, Coro, Alice) (4:51) -- Atto terzo = Act III. "Ehi! Taverniere! Mondo ladro" (Falstaff) (5:52) -- "Reverenza. La bella Alice," "Quando il rintocco della mezzanotte" (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Ford, Nannetta, Meg, Dr. Cajus) (5:06) -- "Brava. Quelle corna saranno la mia gioia!" (Ford, Alice, Meg, Fenton, Nannetta, Dr. Cajus, Quickly) (4:26) -- "Dal labbro il canto estasïato vola" (Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Quickly, Meg) (4:44) -- "Una, due, tre, quattro" (Falstaff, Alice, Meg) (3:54) -- "Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi!" "Sul fil d'un soffio etesio" (Nannetta, Fate, Falstaff, Alice) (5:34) -- "Alto là!" "Pizzica, pizzica" (Bardolfo, Pistola, Falstaff, Quickly, Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Coro, Ford, Dr. Cajus) (5:58) -- "Ogni sorta di gente dozzinale" (Falstaff, Alice, Meg, Quickly, Coro, Ford, Bardolfo, Pistola, Nannetta, Fenton, Dr. Cajus) (3:20) -- "Facciamo il parentado," "Tutto nel mondo è burla" (Ford, Bardolfo, Pistola, Alice, Nannetta, Fenton, Quickly, Meg, Falstaff, Dr. Cajus, Coro) (3:25).
General noteComic opera in 3 acts.
General noteBased on Shakespeare's The merry wives of Windsor and King Henry IV.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteProgram notes by Andrew Porter and Claudio Abbado and synopsis by James Hepokoski in English, and libretto in Italian with English translation (164 pages : portraits) laid in container.
Performer Adrianne Pieczonka, Dorothea Röschmann, sopranos ; Larissa Diadkova, mezzo-soprano ; Daniil Shtonda, tenor ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; Bryn Terfel, bass ; Anatoli Kotscherga, Anthony Mee, Enrico Facini, Stella Doufexis, supporting soloists ; Rundfunkchor Berlin ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 2001 April Grosser Saal, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
LanguageSung in Italian.
UPC 028947119425
Publisher number289 471 194-2 Deutsche Grammophon (set)
Publisher number289 471 195-2 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 1)
Publisher number289 471 196-2 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 2)

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