VERDI : FALSTAFF

Radio New Zealand Concert network
Sundayn9th of October 2016 at 6.03 - 8,20 pm
Sunday 12th of January 2014 at 6.03 -9.25 pm
Sunday 6th of October 2013 at 3.03 - 5.10 pm
Sunday 7th of October 2012 at 3.03 - 5.45 pm
Sunday 2nd of October 2011 at 3.03 - 5.20 pm
Sunday 31st of August 2008
2016
VERDI: Falstaff, an opera in three acts with libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare, In Verdi's comic masterpiece, Shakespeare's merry wives of Windsor conspire to undo the rotund playboy
Sir John Falstaff ......... Bryn Terfel
Alice Ford ................... Ainhoa Arteta
Meg Page..................... Renée Rapier
Dame Quickly.............. Meredith Arwady
Ford............................. Fabio Capitanucci
Fenton.......................... Francesco Demuro
Nanetta........................ Heidi Stober
San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Nicola Luisotti
2014VERDI: Falstaff, an opera in three acts
Falstaff............................. Ambrogio Maestri
Ford.................................. Franco Vassallo
Alice Ford........................ Angela Meade
Nannetta........................... Lisette Oropesa
Meg Page.......................... Jennifer Johnson
Mistress Quickly............... Stephanie Blythe
Fenton.............................. Paolo Fanale
Dr Caius........................... Carlo Bosi
Bardolfo........................... Keith Jameson
Pistola............................... Christian Van Horn
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (EBU)
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INTRODUCTION
UNDERGROUND Merry Wives of Windsor
SYNOPSIS
LIBRETTO 

Notice Ambrogio Maestri (see his website) (Italy's Bryn Terfel) appearing repeatedly as Falstaff (more than 200 times now).

I saw Tito Gobbi in the role, in Melbourne, before I emigrated to New Zealand. He is on the Karajan recording I have owned since the World Record Club issued it on three black discs. The compact discs I am playing at this moment have Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in 1950, in Studio 8H, with Giuseppe Valdengo, and an audience.

The links for clicking (above) have a wealth of information, in words, and pictures, and sound if you want it (including Gobbi and Schwarzkopf with Karajan and the Philharmonia Orchestra).
Well, (or rather, Ill...) we used to have access to the NY Metropera archives, but that privilege is now denied to us, so I have deleted all the obsolete links, and tried to find other things.

Sunday 6th of October 2013 VERDI: Falstaff, an opera in three acts
Falstaff........................ Ambrogio Maestri
Ford............................. Fabio Capitanucci
Alice Ford.................... Carmen Giannattasio
Nannetta...................... Irina Lungu
Meg Page..................... Laura Polverelli
Mistress Quickly.......... Daniela Barcellona
Fenton.......................... Francesco Demuro
Dr Caius....................... Carlo Bosi
Bardolfo...................... Riccardo Botta
Pistola.......................... Alessandro Guerzoni
La Scala Chorus & Orch/Daniel Harding
(recorded in La Scala, Milan by Italian Radio)

PREVIEW On this Welsh production
VERDI: Falstaff, an opera in three acts
Falstaff.......................... Bryn Terfel
Dr Caius....................... Anthony Mee
Alice Ford..................... Janice Watson
Nanetta......................... Claire Ormshaw
Meg Page..................... Imelda Drumm
Mistress Quickly........... Anne-Marie Owens
Ford............................. Christopher Purves
Fenton.......................... Rhys Meirion
Oste.............................. Paul Gyton
Welsh National Opera Chorus & Orch/Carlo Rizzi
(recorded in the Millen[n]ium Centre, Cardiff by the BBC)
Bryn Terfel [Brin Teeervel] as Sir John Falstaff, in Cardiff,
but not singing in Welsh.

Sunday 2nd of October 2011 at 3.03 - 5.20 pm
VERDI: Falstaff, an opera in three acts
Sir John Falstaff............. Ambrogio Maestri
Ford............................. Ludovic Tézier
Alice Ford..................... Fiorenza Cedolins
Nannetta....................... Mariola Cantarero
Meg Page..................... Maite Beaumont
Mistress Quickly........... Elisabetta Fiorillo
Fenton.......................... Joel Prieto
Dr Caius....................... Raúl Giménez
Bardolfo........................ Francisco Vas
Pistola........................... Carlos Chausson
Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus & Orch/Fabio Luisi
(recorded in Barcelona by Spanish Radio)

Sunday 7th of October 2012 at 3.03 - 5.45 pm
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VERDI: Falstaff, an opera in three acts
Falstaff........................ Ambrogio Maestri
Ford............................. Dalibor Jenis
Alice Ford.................... Ana Maria Martinez
Nannetta...................... Amanda Forsythe
Meg Page..................... Rai Rüütel
Mistress Quickly.......... Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Fenton.......................... Joel Prieto
Dr Caius....................... Carlo Bosi
Bardolfo...................... Alasdair Elliott
Pistola.......................... Lukas Jakobski
Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Daniele Gatti