Falstaff : comedy in three acts / [libretto] by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare ; music by Giuseppe Verdi ; staged and directed by Götz Friedrich ; a production of UNITEL Film- und Fernseh-produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.

Bacquier, Gabriel, performer.

Stilwell, Richard, performer.

Cosotti, Max René, performer.

Armstrong, Karan, 1941- performer.

Ihloff, Jutta-Renate, performer.

Lindenstrand, Sylvia, performer.

Szirmay, Márta, performer.

Lanigan, John, 1921-1996, performer.

Maus, Peter, performer.

Cold, Ulrik, performer.

Solti, Georg, 1912-1997, conductor.

Friedrich, Götz, director.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Wiener Philharmoniker, performer.

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.

Deutsche Oper Berlin. Chor, performer.

Schöneberger Sängerknaben, performer.

Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.

Language:

Chinese

English

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Operas.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon ;. [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.

System Details:

DVD; PCM stereo ; aspect ratio 4:3; region code 0 (worldwide).

digital

optical

stereo

video file

DVD video

Participant:

Gabriel Bacquier (Sir John Falstaff) ; Richard Stilwell (Ford) ; Max-René Cosotti (Fenton) ; Karan Armstrong (Mrs. Alice Ford) ; Jutta Renate Ihloff (Nannetta) ; Sylvia Lindenstrand (Mrs. Meg Page) ; Marta Szirmay (Mrs. Quickly) ; John Lanigan (Dr. Cajus) ; Peter Maus (Bardolfo) ; Ulrik Cold (Pistola) ; supporting soloists ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin ; Schöneberger Sängerknaben ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor.

Credits:

Set design, Jörg Neumann, Thomas Riccabona ; costume design, Bernd Miller.

Notes:

Sung in Italian; subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish and Chinese.

Filmed at Berlin, BUFA-Studios, 2/3/1979.

Originally produced in 1979.

Program notes and synopsis in English (12 p.) inserted in container.

Related Work:

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

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.

Contains:

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Falstaff.

OCLC:

62869024

Publisher Number:

044007340806

B0005511-09 Deutsche Grammophon