Falstaff

Falstaff (2000)


  • Genre: Comedy, Music
  • Release Date: 2000-07-06
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 19min
  • Language: Italiano
  • Production Company: Royal Opera House
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Humphrey Burton
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Summary

The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours of the costumes. The staging is effective--the complicated counterpoint of the ensembles is reflected in unobtrusive blocking that keeps the vocal lines clear and separate, especially in the final fugue. Bryn Terfel's Falstaff is a memorable creation, self-mocking and self-aggrandising at the same time--so much so, in fact, that he almost does not need the vast prosthetic body he has to wear for the part. Desiree Rancatore is an admirably sweet-toned Nanetta; Bernadette Manca di Nissa an appropriately sardonic Mistress Quickly; Roberto Frontali as Ford, in his Act 2 scena, perfectly distils and parodies every jealousy aria ever written, including Verdi's own. Haitink's conducting is exemplary in the lyrical passages, gets almost everything out of the fast and furious comic sections.

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  • Bryn Terfel

    as Falstaff
  • Roberto Frontali

    as Ford
  • Kenneth Tarver

    as Fenton
  • Gwynne Howell

    as Pistol
  • Robin Leggate

    as Dr Caius
  • Peter Hoare

    as Pistol / Bardolph
  • Barbara Frittoli

    as Alice Ford
  • Desirée Rancatore

    as Nanetta
  • Bernadette Manca di Nissa

    as Mistress Quickly
  • Diana Montague

    as Meg Page
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

    as
Sound Bernard Haitink Music
Art Paul Brown Production Design
Sound Giuseppe Verdi Original Music Composer
Writing William Shakespeare Original Story
Writing Arrigo Boito Writer
Directing Humphrey Burton Director

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