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DVD : Verdi - FalstaffIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Leo Nucci, Barbara Hendricks, Lucia Valentini-Terrani directed by: Ronald Eyre  List Price: $29.99 Amazon.com's Price: $26.99 You Save: $3.00 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0032031420298 Format: Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Kultur Video Manufacturer: Kultur Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Kultur Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 24, 2007 Running Time: 139 minutes Studio: Kultur Video Theatrical Release Date: 1983 Sales Rank: 41472 MPN: 4202 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Opera in three acts The Royal Opera Covent Garden Music GIUSEPPE VERDI Libretto ARRIGO BOITO Producer: RONALD EYRE Set Designer: HAYDEN GRIFFIN Costume Designer: MICHAEL STENNETT Sir John Falstaff: RENATO BRUSON Pistol: WILLIAM WILDERMANN Bardolph: FRANCIS EGERTON Host of the Garter Inn: GEORGE HERSON Doctor Caius: JOHN DOBSON Mistress Meg Page: BRENDA BOOZER Mistress Alice Ford: KATIA RICCIARELLI Nannetta: BARBARA HENDRICKS Mistress Quickly:LUCIA VALENTINI-TERRANI Ford : LEO NUCCI Fenton: DALMACIO GONZALEZ The Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor CARLO MARIA GIULINI When Carlo Maria Giulini returned to conducting public performances of opera after an absence of fourteen years, he chose for the occasion one of the enduring comic masterpieces – Verdi’s Falstaff. The composer was almost eighty when he broke the six-year silence following the premiere of Otello, and startled the musical world by revealing his complete mastery of comic invention. It is true that much of the success for this consummate work of genius is due to a libretto of extraordinary brilliance by Arrigo Boito, who took the substance of the piece from The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, but nothing can detract from Verdi’s capacity for matching it with music of real wit and humour. Renato Bruson, the renowned interpreter of Verdi and one of the leading lyric baritones of the day, sings the title role. Katia Ricciarelli leads the trio of merry wives with Lucia Valentini-Terrani as Mistress Quickly and Brenda Boozer as Meg Page. Leo Nucci sings the role of Ford and the young lovers are here portrayed by Dalmacio Gonzalez and Barbara Hendricks. Stunning designs by Hayden Griffen and Michael Stennett provide the perfect setting for this witty interpretation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece. "The operatic event of the year" THE SUNDAY TIMES Average Rating:
 Rating:  - SobrioModeration in the pursuit of opera is by no means a vice, and this traditional and highly refined 1982 Covent Garden FALSTAFF surely is preferable to the 1999 performance from the same house. The latter (on Opus Arte DVD) is the well-cast but hyperkinetic and comedically overexplicit Terfel/Vick/Haitink production, notorious for such touches as Falstaff's waterbed, his carrot-shaped suggestion of "excitement" in one scene, and for its eye-searingly bright Day-Glo colors. Still, while admiring much ... Read More Rating:  - Welcome back, Sir John, you were sorely missed!Why it took this superb set so long to be released in DVD format is one of those inexplicable things that seem so typical of the music industry ... Originally released more than 20 years ago, it marked Giulini's celebrated return to live opera after more a decade's absence, encompassing performances in Los Angeles (where at the time he was chief conductor of the LAPO) and London with the same cast save for the smaller parts. DG issued on LP a composite of the LA performances, the London one circulated ... Read More Rating: - Superb ActingA great production at the Royal Opera House. The characters are cast beautifully, the acting is superb, and the singing utter delight. Browse for similar items by category:
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