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Herbert von Karajan conducts Verdi's Falstaff : Günther Schneider-Siemssen (set designer), Herbert von Karajan (conductor) - With Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai, Francisco Araiza ...
- Conferences
- Salzburger Festspiele (1982 : Salzburg, Austria)
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- Online
- Summary
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"The whole world is a jest, man was born a great jester ..." So goes the brilliant conclusion to Verdi's Falstaff, an opera inspired by Shakespeare's beloved comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor. The ...
"The whole world is a jest, man was born a great jester ..." So goes the brilliant conclusion to Verdi's Falstaff, an opera inspired by Shakespeare's beloved comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor. The virtuosic score requires a particularly talented cast, not to mention a truly exceptional conductor. Herbert von Karajan perfectly fits the bill, and this performance featuring the Wiener Philharmoniker and an all-star group of singers is clearly worthy of Verdi's powerful work, a masterpiece whose comic facade thinly veils the complex and sometimes even tragic characters' struggles
Details
- Creator
- Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto, Arrigo Boito ; realization, Herbert von Karajan, Ernst Wild ; producer, Uli Märkle ; a coproduction of ORF and Telemondial
- Other Title
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- Screen title: Falstaff : lyric comedy in three acts
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- Italian
- Contributors
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- Araiza, Francisco, performer
- Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist
- Davia, Federico, 1933-1997, performer
- De Palma, Piero, performer
- Kabaivanska, Raĭna, 1934- performer
- Karajan, Herbert von, film director, conductor
- Ludwig, Christa, performer
- Märkle, Uli, film producer
- Panerai, Rolando, performer
- Perry, Janet, performer
- Schmidt, Trudeliese, performer
- Schneider-Siemssen, Günther, stage designer
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Taddei, Giuseppe, performer
- Wakhevitch, Georges, 1907-1984, costume designer
- Wild, Ernst, 1930- film director, director of photography
- Zednik, Heinz, performer
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Falstaff
- Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
- Österreichischer Rundfunk
- Salzburger Landestheater. Ballettschule
- Telemondial (Firm)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Wiener Staatsoper. Ballett
- Publication
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- [Paris, France] : Telemondial, [1991]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 14 min., 8 sec.)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- on1190903293
- Credits
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- Giuseppe Taddei (Falstaff), Rolando Panerai (Ford), baritones ; Raina Kabaivanska (Mrs. Alice Ford), Janet Perry (Nannetta), sopranos ; Trudeliese Schmidt (Mrs. Meg Page), Christa Ludwig (Mrs. Quickly), mezzo-sopranos ; Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Piero De Palma (Dr. Cajus), Heinz Zednik (Bardolfo), tenors ; Federico Davià (Pistola) ; supporting soloists ; Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Staatsopernballett ; Ballettschule Salzburger Landestheater ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
- Set design, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costumes, Georges Wakhevitch ; choreography, Heidrun Schwaarz ; director of photography, Ernst Wild
- Based on characters from William Shakespeare's Henry IV and The merry wives of Windsor.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
- Recorded 1982 Salzburger Festspiele, Salzburg, Austria.
- Sung in Italian.
- Falstaff / Giuseppe Verdi