Falstaff (1993)

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.

Directing:
  • Franco Zeffirelli
  • Brian Large

Writing:
  • Arrigo Boito

Stars:
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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  • Country: US
  • Language: Italiano
  • Runtime: 126
Anthony Laciura
Anthony Laciu...
Bardolfo
James Levine
James Levine
Self - Conductor
James Courtney
James Courtne...
Pistola
Paul Plishka
Paul Plishka
Sir John Falstaff
Mirella Freni
Mirella Freni
Alice Ford
Frank Lopardo
Frank Lopardo
Fenton
Barbara Bonney
Barbara Bonne...
Nannetta
Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
Mistress Quickly
Susan Graham
Susan Graham
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