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Verdi - Falstaff | Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or C772082

Verdi - Falstaff

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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or

Cat No: C772082

Barcode: 4011790772226

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 26th August 2008

Contents

Artists

Tito Gobbi
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Anna Maria Canali
Anna Moffo
Giulietta Simionato
Rolando Panerai
Luigi Alva
Tomaso Spataro
Renato Ercolani
Mario Petri
Vienna Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan

Works

Verdi, Giuseppe

Falstaff

Artists

Tito Gobbi
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Anna Maria Canali
Anna Moffo
Giulietta Simionato
Rolando Panerai
Luigi Alva
Tomaso Spataro
Renato Ercolani
Mario Petri
Vienna Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan

About

During his first year as artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, it was almost a conscious policy on Herbert von Karajan's part to court comparison with famous predecessors and eminent models and confront the larger-than-life figures of Wilhelm Furtwängler and Arturo Toscanini with his own interpretations of Beethoven's Fidelio and Verdi's final opera, Falstaff. In both cases, Karajan not only conducted but also directed the operas. If his productions were often highly criticised, there was unanimous acclaim for his qualities as an opera conductor and this is all that matters when we listen to this live recording from the 1957 Salzburg Festival.

His Falstaff sparkles with Italianate brio and temperament, qualities due not least to his cast of singers imported from Milan. At their head is Tito Gobbi as Shakespeare's fat knight, his performance capturing not only the comedy and down-at-heel disreputability of the character but also his innate nobility. The other singers include Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Rolando Panerai and Luigi Alva, all of them familiar from studio recordings of the opera, while Giulietta Simionato's Mistress Quickly is endowed with the necessary ‘chest’ to invest her role with both humour and conviction.

Cast:
- Tito Gobbi (Falstaff)
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Alice Ford)
- Anna Maria Canali (Meg Page)
- Anna Moffo (Nanetta)
- Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly)
- Rolando Panerai (Ford)
- Luigi Alva (Fenton)
- Tomaso Spataro (Dr. Cajus)
- Renato Ercolani (Bardolfo)
- Mario Petri (Pistola)

Live Recording 1957.

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