Falstaff

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Boito, Arrigo

Libretto Source: Shakespeare, William

Conductor: Haitink, Bernard

Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Chorus: Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden

Chorus Master: Edwards, Terry

Alice Ford: Frittoli, Barbara

Bardolph: Hoare, Peter

Dr. Caius: Leggate, Robin

Fenton: Tarver, Kenneth

Ford: Frontali, Roberto

Meg Page: Montague, Diana

Mistress Quickly: Nissa, Bernadette Manca di

Nannetta: Rancatore, Desiree

Pistol: Howell, Gwynne

Sir John Falstaff: Terfel, Bryn

Set Designer: Brown, Paul

Costume Designer: Brown, Paul

Lighting Designer: Webster, Thomas

Choreographer: Howell, Ron

Stage Director: Vick, Graham

Movement Director: Howell, Ron

Television Director: Burton, Humphrey

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Date of Production: 1999

Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Playing Time: 02:37:00

Catalogue Number: OA0823D

UPC: 809478000037

Libretto

Falstaff EN

Falstaff IT

Synopsis

Falstaff

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The spectacular opening production of London's newly restored Royal Opera House, first broadcast live on BBC television in December 1999, brings a riot of colour to Verdi's great Shakespearean masterpiece. Bryn Terfel as Sir John Falstaff and Barbara Frittoli as Alice Ford lead a star cast with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House under the direction of Bernard Haitink, in a spectacular new production by Graham Vick.