FALSTAFF                                                                   Operamania.com

Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto by Arrigo Boito. Based on The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare.

First performed at Teatro alla Scala de Milan on 9 February 1893.

 

Orchestra. Conductor. Falstaff, Alice, Nannetta, Ford, Quickly, Meg, Fenton, Dr. Casius, Bardolfo, Pistola

 

EMI, 1956, ADD

Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan

Tito Gobbi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo,  Rolando Panerai, Fedora Barbieri, Nan Merriman, Luigi Alva, Espataro, Erccolani, Zaccaria

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D.G. 1980, DDD

Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker. Herbert von Karajan

Giuseppe Taddei, Raina Kabaivanska, Janet Perry, Rolando Panerai,  Christa Ludwig, Trudeliese Schmidt, Francisco Araiza, Piero de Palma, Zednik, Davia

  

D.G.1982, DDD

Los Angeles Master Chorale / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Carlo Maria Giulini
Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Barbara Hendricks, Leo Nucci, Lucia Valentini Terrani, B. Boozer, D. Gonzalez,Sells, Egerton, Wildermann

 

RCA, 1950, ADD

NBC Symphonic Orchestra. Arturo Toscanini

G. Valdengo, H. Nelli, T. Stich-Randall, F. Guarrera, C. Elmo, N. Merriman, A. Madasi, Carelli, Rossi , Scott

  

DECCA, 1963, ADD

RCA Italiana. Sir Georg Solti

Geraint Evans, Ilva Ligabue, Mirella Freni, Robert Merill, Giuletta Simionato, Rosalind Elias, Alfredo Kraus, Lanigan, de Palma, Foiani

  

 

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