Falstaff
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It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Language :Italian
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : Deutsche Grammophon
Production Country : United States of America
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Cast
Character Name : Alice Ford
Original Name : Mirella Freni
Gender : Female
Character Name : Nannetta
Original Name : Barbara Bonney
Gender : Female
Character Name : Sir John Falstaff
Original Name : Paul Plishka
Gender : Male
Character Name : Ford
Original Name : Bruno Pola
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mistress Quickly
Original Name : Marilyn Horne
Gender : Female
Character Name : Fenton
Original Name : Frank Lopardo
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dr. Cajus
Original Name : Piero De Palma
Gender : Male
Character Name : Bardolfo
Original Name : Anthony Laciura
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pistola
Original Name : James Courtney
Gender : Male
Character Name : Meg Page
Original Name : Susan Graham
Gender : Female
Character Name : Self - Conductor
Original Name : James Levine
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mistress of the Inn
Original Name : Carole Wright
Gender : Male
Character Name : The Innkeeper
Original Name : Tim Willson
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : MET Orchestra
Gender : Male
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