
Falstaff (1993)
Overview
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | it |
Popularity | 0.071 |
Directed By
Franco Zeffirelli
Brian Large
Crew
Arrigo Boito
Franco Zeffirelli
Giuseppe Verdi
James Levine
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Gil Wechsler
Paul Mills
William Burdick
Joseph Volpe
James Levine
Brian Large
Louisa Briccetti
Daniel Anker
Susan Erben
Ron Washburn
Bill King
Jessica Ruskin
Victoria Warivonchik
TOP CAST

Mirella Freni
Alice Ford

Barbara Bonney
Nannetta

Paul Plishka
Sir John Falstaff
Bruno Pola
Ford

Marilyn Horne
Mistress Quickly

Frank Lopardo
Fenton
Piero De Palma
Dr. Cajus

Anthony Laciura
Bardolfo

James Courtney
Pistola

Susan Graham
Meg Page

James Levine
Self - Conductor
Carole Wright
Mistress of the Inn
Tim Willson
The Innkeeper