"Falstaff"
Falstaff
This first-rate 1982 production of Verdi’s Falstaff marked the great 20th century Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini's return to opera conducting after more than a decade's absence. Renato Bruson leads a brilliant cast as the lovable fat knight Sir John Falstaff, going toe to toe in a series of hijinks with Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford) and Br..
Falstaff
Based, in part, on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is Verdi's last work for the stage - and only his second comic opera. And yet the humour in this multilayered masterpiece is distinctly wry, for all the main characters exhibit an array of human weaknesses that are implacably exposed by Verdi and his librettist Arrigo Boito.
Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)
This 2013 Salzburg Festival performance of Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdis late masterwork and crowning achievement, features conductor Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic. The staging thought up by Italian director Damiano Michieletto moves the action from a fictitious London to that special care home, the Casa Verdi, a place rich in memories of gre..
Falstaff
The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours of the costumes. The staging is effective--the complicated counterpoint of the ensembles is reflected in unobtrusive blocking that keeps the vocal lines clear and separate, especially in the final fugu..
Falstaff
Verdi's opera, performed by the choir and orchestra of the La Scala theatre under Riccardo Muti.
Falstaff
Live from Glyndebourne 2009
Falstaff
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 ..
Falstaff
Götz Friedrich's charming, bawdy 1979 studio film of Verdi's comic masterpiece.
Falstaff
Falstaff Gabriel Bacquier · Karan Armstrong Richard Stilwell · Max-René Cosotti · John Lanigan Wiener Philharmoniker Georg Solti Directed by Götz Friedrich
Falstaff
L’Angleterre au début du 15ème siècle. Henry Bolingbroke, devenu le roi Henry IV après le meurtre de Richard II, est attristé par la conduite de son fils Harry, qui, plutôt que de penser aux affaires du royaume, passe son temps à boire et à s’amuser en compagnie du truculent Falstaff. Quand une rébellion menace la légitimité d’Henr..
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Falstaff [The Metropolitan Opera]
Le directeur musical James Levine dirige sa première nouvelle production Met après une absence de deux ans : la mise en scène à succès de Robert Carsen de la grande comédie humaine de Verdi. Ambrogio Maestri est un Falstaff idéal, à la tête d'un ensemble extraordinaire de stars vétérans et montantes du Met, dont Angela Meade (Alice), Ste..
Falstaff (Metropolitan Opera)
Le chevalier Falstaff fait porter deux billets doux identiques à Alice Ford et à Meg Page. Dès qu'elles s'en rendent compte, les deux amies décident de lui faire payer sa goujaterie. Et quand Monsieur Ford croit coincer Falstaff avec son épouse, c'est sa fille Nanetta qu'il surprend dans les bras du jeune Fenton, alors qu'il a promis sa main a..
Falstaff
L’action se déroule à Windsor sous le règne d'Henri IV d'Angleterre (1399-1413).
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to Scotland Yard, they go gunning for him and wound him while he is on stage performing ..
From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.
Falstaff - San Francisco Opera
A brilliant comedy about a lecherous glutton who vainly attempts to seduce two women at once, Falstaff features renowned Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in one of his legendary signature roles. Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta is Alice Ford and Italian baritone Fabio Capitanucci makes his Company debut as her husband.
Falstaff - MMF
The lecherous Falstaff, with his infamous roving eye, finally meets his match when his underhand plans to solve money troubles have the three merry wives of Windsor conspiring to teach him a lesson. Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts a fine ensemble cast directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf. The result is a joyful production, with gorgeous costumes that s..
