Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff (2007) [DVD) NTSC]

Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff (2007) [DVD) NTSC]


Category Music Video - Classical, Classical, Music Video, Classical, Classical Music, Opera, Operas, Opera Singing, Adaptation, Shakespeare
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Music Performer Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Frittoli, Manuel Lanza
Music Performer(s) Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Stage Director Luca Ronconi
Video: 16:9 NTSC
Audio: DD 5.1, DTS 5.1, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: GB, D, F, I , E
Runnibg Time: 128 Min
Discs 1
Release Date Feb 27, 2007


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Falstaff is an operatic commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. It was Verdi's last opera, written in the composer's ninth decade, and only the second of his 26 operas to be a comedy. It was also the third of Verdi's operas to be based on a Shakespearean play, following his earlier Macbeth and Otello. (Verdi had toyed, too, with writing an opera based on King Lear and Arrigo Boito later tried to interest him in Anthony and Cleopatra,[1] but neither project was ever brought to fruition.)

The first performance of Falstaff took place on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan to great success. The illustrious French baritone Victor Maurel, who had created the role of Iago in Verdi's previous opera, Otello, sang Falstaff at the premiere.

While it has not proved to be as immensely popular as the Verdi works that immediately preceded it, namely Aida and Otello, Falstaff has long been an admired favorite with critics and musicians because of its brilliant orchestration, scintillating libretto and refined melodic invention. It is in the standard repertoire of many opera companies.

Ruggero Raimondi and Barbara Frittoli star in this 2006 production of the Verdi opera with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

Giuseppe Verdi's last opera is given new life in this production by Luca Ronconi. Utilizing the ... Full Descriptionsights and social conditions of modern Britain, this version of Shakespeare's THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR keeps the comedy accessible while still featuring all the elements that have made this opera a perennial favorite.



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