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Verdi - Falstaff (Blu-ray) | C Major Entertainment 757704

Verdi - Falstaff (Blu-ray)

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Label: C Major Entertainment

Cat No: 757704

Barcode: 0814337015770

Format: Blu-ray

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 21st May 2021

Contents

Artists

Michael Volle
Barbara Frittoli
Nadine Sierra
Daniela Barcellona
Alfredo Daza
Francesco Demuro
Katharina Kammerloher
Jurgen Sacher
Stephan Rugamer
Jan Martinik
Staatsopernchor
Staatskapelle Berlin

Conductor

Daniel Barenboim

Works

Verdi, Giuseppe

Falstaff

Artists

Michael Volle
Barbara Frittoli
Nadine Sierra
Daniela Barcellona
Alfredo Daza
Francesco Demuro
Katharina Kammerloher
Jurgen Sacher
Stephan Rugamer
Jan Martinik
Staatsopernchor
Staatskapelle Berlin

Conductor

Daniel Barenboim

About

Falstaff is Verdi’s masterpiece of comic opera, in which the behaviour of the ageing Sir John Falstaff, a devious freeloader and would-be ladykiller, causes uproar in the petty-bourgeois household of the Windsors. In this performance stage and film director Mario Martone updates the action to the present day and shows Falstaff as an ageing rebel in dodgy sideburns and leather jacket. Among the “exquisite vocal cast” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Michael Volle gives his debut in the title role “with masterly dynamic shadings” (Financial Times) and “as if he had been preparing for this role for a lifetime” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) while “Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin are tickling out all the wit and all the momentum from this score” (Online Merker).

Cast:
- Sir John Falstaff: Michael Volle
- Ford: Alfredo Daza
- Fenton: Francesco Demuro
- Dr. Cajus: Jürgen Sacher
- Bardolfo: Stephan Rügamer
- Pistola: Jan Martiník
- Mrs. Alice Ford: Barbara Frittoli
- Nannetta: Nadine Sierra
- Mrs. Quickly: Daniela Barcellona
- Mrs. Meg Page: Katharina Kammerloher

Recording date: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, December 2018
Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1
Picture: 16:9, 1080i
Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Korean, Japanese
Booklet: English, German, French
Total running time: 142 mins

Reviews

Sir John Falstaff, a laid-back boor in leather jacket and jeans, inhabits a grungy world on the fringes of society, hanging out with bikers and tarts on a grafitti-daubed inner-city street corner. ... Baritone Michael Volle inhabits the title role with absolute conviction: he is laugh-out-loud funny, his vocal delivery apparently effortless. ... A vivid and energetic performance from the Staatskapelle Berlin under Daniel Barenboim rounds off an enjoyable package.  Alexandra Wilson (Opera Choice)
BBC Music Magazine August 2021

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