| Other author/creator | Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Pieczonka, Adrianne, 1963- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Röschmann, Dorothea, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Di͡adʹkova, Larisa, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Shtoda, Daniil, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hampson, Thomas, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Terfel, Bryn, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Abbado, Claudio, conductor, writer of added commentary. |
| Other author/creator | Porter, Andrew, 1928-2015, writer of added commentary. |
| Other author/creator | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor. |
| Other author/creator | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV. |
| Other author/creator | Rundfunkchor Berlin performer. |
| Other author/creator | Berliner 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 note | Comic opera in 3 acts. |
| General note | Based on Shakespeare's The merry wives of Windsor and King Henry IV. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Program 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 note | Recorded 2001 April Grosser Saal, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany. |
| Language | Sung in Italian. |
| UPC |
028947119425 |
| Publisher number | 289 471 194-2 Deutsche Grammophon (set) |
| Publisher number | 289 471 195-2 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 1) |
| Publisher number | 289 471 196-2 Deutsche Grammophon (disc 2) |