Verdi - Falstaff | Urania WS121401

Verdi - Falstaff

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Label: Urania

Cat No: WS121401

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 23rd September 2022

Contents

Artists

Geraint Evans
Robert Merrill
Ilva Ligabue
Mirella Freni
Alfredo Krauss
Giulietta Simionato
Rosalind Elias
John Lanigan
Piero de Palma
Giovanni Foiani
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Conductor

Georg Solti

Works

Verdi, Giuseppe

Falstaff

Artists

Geraint Evans
Robert Merrill
Ilva Ligabue
Mirella Freni
Alfredo Krauss
Giulietta Simionato
Rosalind Elias
John Lanigan
Piero de Palma
Giovanni Foiani
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Conductor

Georg Solti

About

Despite the importance of Verdi's last opera, Falstaff does not have a discography comparable to that of La Traviata or Il Trovatore. From 1950 to 2000 the recordings concerning this opera are relatively few, and among these the 1963 version conduced by Georg Solti remains among the most memorable. The great Hungarian conductor would then record it once again in the Nineties; however, the vocal cast of 1963 remains unrepeatable, made up of voices that would later become the legend of the opera, except the protagonist, Geraint Evans, whom some critics have discussed on more than one occasion. Despite this, the vitality of the interpretation, the overwhelming comic charge and the beauty of the Decca sound of those years (it is no coincidence that the production was by John Culshaw) still make this version a milestone in Falstaff's discography.

Cast:
- Sir John Falstaff: Geraint Evans
- Mistress Quickly: Giulietta Simionato
- Alice Ford: Ilva Ligabue
- Ford: Robert Merrill
- Nannetta: Mirella Freni
- Fenton: Alfredo Krauss
- Meg Page: Rosalind Elias
- Dr Cajus: John Lanigan
- Bardolfo: Piero de Palma
- Pistola: Giovanni Foiani

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