Verdi - Falstaff / Royal Opera House

Verdi - Falstaff / Royal Opera House

• ISBN: 978-0-7697-0823-2
• Color
• Running Time: 159 minutes
• Subtitles: English
• Sound: Dolby 2.0/Dolby 5.1

The spectacular opening production of London's newly restored Royal Opera House, first broadcast live on BBC television in December 1999, brings a riot of color to Verdi's great Shakespearean masterpiece.<P>Bryn Terfel as Sir John Falstaff and Barbara Frittoli as Alice Ford lead a star cast with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House under the direction of Bernard Haitink, in a spectacular new production by Graham Vick. <P>Sung in Italian, with English subtitles<P>Sir John Falstaff: Bryn Terfel<br> Ford: Roberto Frontali<br> Fenton: Kenneth Tarver<br> Dr Caius: Robin Leggate<br> Bardolph: Peter Hoare<br> Pistol: Gwynne Howell<br> Alice Ford: Barbara Frittoli<br> Nannetta: Desir©e Rancatore<br> Mistress Quickly: Bernadette Manca di Nissa<br> Meg Page: Diana Montague<br> Conductor: Bernard Haitink<br>Director: Graham Vick<br> Designs: Paul Brown<P> Bryn Terfel appears in Falstaff; recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado