Title: Giuseppe Verdi: "Falstaff"
Original title: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Release year: 2013
Genre: opera
Director: Robert Carsen
Conductor: James Levine
Cast: Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff), Angela Meade (Alice Ford), Franco Vassallo (Ford), Lisette Oropesa (Nannetta), Paolo Fanale (Fenton), Stephanie Blythe (Mistress Quickly), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg Page), Keith Jameson (Bardolfo), Christian Van Horn (Pistola), The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Description:
"When it comes to theatrical flair, captivating costumes, stage antics and imagination, there are many shows on Broadway to rival the Met's new Falstaff." This visual feast, served up dy director Robert Carsen, is a "thoughtful, affecting and hilarious staging that updates the action from the time of Henry IV to England in the 1950s" (New York Times). James Levine conducts Verdi's final masterpiece with "affectionate energy" while Ambrogio Maestri. Heading a stellar cast, projects "towering bravado and rare baritonal fervor in the title role" (Financial Times).
Issued: United States | Decca
Duration: 2:06:50