Falstaff
- Responsibility
- Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on the plays The merry wives of Windsor and Henry IV by William Shakespeare ; a Metropolitan Opera high-definition production.
- Language
- Italian, English, French, German, Korean, Chinese. Sung in Italian; with optional English, French, German, Korean, and Chinese subtitles.
- Sound
- digital; optical; surround; LPCM; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Video
- DVD video; NTSC.
- Digital
- video file; DVD video; region 0.
- Publication
- London, England : Decca, [2015]
- Copyright notice
- ©2015
- Physical description
- 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Series
- Metropolitan Opera HD live.
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Recordings
| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| MDVD 1919 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918 librettist.
- Maestri, Ambrogio, 1970- performer.
- Meade, Angela, performer.
- Blythe, Stephanie, performer.
- Cano, Jennifer Johnson, performer.
- Fanale, Paolo, performer.
- Oropesa, Lisette, performer.
- Vassallo, Franco, performer.
- Levine, James, 1943- conductor.
- Fleming, Renée, host.
- Carsen, Robert, producer, lighting designer.
- Steinberg, Paul (Set designer) set designer.
- Reiffenstuel, Brigitte, costume designer.
- Praet, Peter van, lighting designer.
- Halvorson, Gary, television director.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), production company.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra performer.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.
- Decca Record Company, film distributor.
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- The comic misadventures of a down-on-his-luck knight looking to earn some money by romancing rich men's wives, a jealous husband, and his wife.
- Included Work
- Container of: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Falstaff.
Subjects
Bibliographic information
- Release date
- 2015
- Production date
- 2013
- Series
- The Metropolitan Opera HD live
- Note
- Comic opera in 3 acts.
- "A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Royal Opera House, Covert Garden; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; and De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam"--Container.
- Program notes by Ellen Keel and synopsis by Robert Carsen in English with French and German translations (26 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
- Bonus features: Backstage at Falstaff with host Renée Fleming: Interview with Angela Meade and Stephanie Blythe; Robert Crasen, James Levine, and Peter Gelb discuss Falstaff; interviews with Met props master James Blumenfeld, Ambrogio Maestri and Valeria Villani, Lisette Oropesa, and Jennifer Johnson Cano.
- Production Credits
- Producer, Robert Carsen ; set designer, Paul Steinberg ; costume designer, Brigitte Reiffenstuel ; lighting designers, Robert Carsen, Peter Van Praet ; director, Gary Halvorson.
- Participant
- Ambrogio Maestri (Sir John Falstaff) ; Angela Meade (Alice Ford) ; Stephanie Blythe (Mistress Quickly) ; Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg Page) ; Paolo Fanale (Fenton) ; Lisette Oropesa (Nannetta) ; Franco Vassallo (Ford) ; with supporting singers ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Renée Fleming, host.
- Event
- Recorded live 2013 December 14.
- Format
- DVD; region 0; NTSC; widescreen 16:9; LPCM stereo, DTS 5.1 surround.
- Related Work
- Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merry wives of Windsor.
- Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV.
- Publisher Number
- 074 3891 Decca
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