Falstaff

The libretto of Verdi's Falstaff in Italian
can be found at http://rick.stanford.edu/opera/Verdi/Falstaff/libretto.html

Plot summary

Falstaff in full score, amazon.co.uk

Falstaff items at Giuseppe Verdi aStore

DVD

The DVD version (for United States and Canada) of a 2001 performance of Verdi's Falstaff with Juan Diego Fl�rez 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 G�tz Friedrich.

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Verdi:  Falstaff / Bryn Terfel

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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).

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Verdi - Falstaff / Taddei, Carteri, Moffo, Barbieri, Alva, Serafin, RAI (1956)

Black and white

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CD

Recommended recordings

Falstaff on EMI

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  Recorded in: Mono  Length: 2 Hours 0 Mins.  Verdi: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Alva, Panerai, Moffo et al., Arkivmusic.com

Falstaff on Opera d'Oro

Performers:  Paolo Silveri,  Anna Maria Canali,  Silvio Maionica,  Alda Noni,  Cloe Elmo,  Giuseppe Nessi,  Mariano Caruso,  Renata Tebaldi,  Mariano Stabile,  Cesare Valletti Conductor:  Victor De Sabata Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus Number of Discs: 2  Recorded in: Mono  Length: 1 Hours 59 Mins. Verdi: Falstaff / De Sabata, Stabile, Tebaldi et al., Opera d'Oro, arkivmusic.com

Falstaff in English

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  Recorded in: Stereo  Length: 2 Hours 6 Mins.  Verdi: Falstaff (Opera In English) / Daniel et al., arkivmusic.com

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Sir Geraint Evans - Verdi: Falstaff (USA)
 

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