Falstaff / music, Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare] ; production, Franco Zeffirelli ; Metropolitan Opera.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.

De Palma, Piero, performer.

Plishka, Paul, 1941- performer.

Laciura, Anthony, performer.

Courtney, James, 1946- performer.

Graham, Susan, 1960- performer.

Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020, performer.

Horne, Marilyn, performer.

Bonney, Barbara, performer.

Lopardo, Frank, performer.

Pola, Bruno, performer.

Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor.

Zeffirelli, Franco

Mills, Paul, 1946-

Large, Brian.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (126 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Hamburg] : Deutsche Grammophon, [1995], c1993]

Language Note:

Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

System Details:

CX encoded; CLV, NTSC.

digital

optical

stereo

CX encoded

NTSC

video file

Participant:

Piero de Palma (Dr. Cajus) ; Paul Plishka (Sir John Falstaff) ; Anthony Laciura (Bardolfo) ; James Courtney (Pistola) ; Susan Graham (Meg Page) ; Mirella Freni (Alice Ford) ; Marilyn Horne (Mistress Quickly) ; Barbara Bonney (Nannetta) ; Frank Lopardo (Fenton) ; Bruno Pola (Ford) ; supporting soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Metropolitan Opera Ballet ; James Levine, conductor.

Credits:

Stage director, Paul Mills; video director, Brian Large; set design, Franco Zeffirelli; audio producer, Jay David Saks; executive producer, Peter Gelb.

Notes:

Lyric comedy in three acts.

Realized at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, October 1992. A Metropolitan Opera Television Production.

Recorded on three sides only.

Stereo; digital sound.

Program notes by David Cairns in English with French translation, in German by Markus Engelhardt, and in Italian by Michele Girardi, and synopsis in English, French, German, and Italian (16 p. : ill.) bound in container.

"The Metropolitan Opera telecast series was funded by a major grant from Texaco Inc..." -- Container.

UPC: 4400725341

Related Work:

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Falstaff.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.

OCLC:

32990371

Publisher Number:

440 072 534-1 Deutsche Grammophon