Falstaff discography
This is a discography of Giuseppe Verdi's last opera, Falstaff. It was first performed at La Scala, Milan, on 9 February 1893.
Recordings
[edit]The "Operadis" discography lists more than seventy other recordings, made at live performances. They include those conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham at the Metropolitan Opera in 1944 with Leonard Warren in the title role;[4] Fritz Reiner with Warren at the Met (1948);[5] Victor de Sabata with Mariano Stabile at La Scala (1951);[6] Karajan and Gobbi at the Salzburg Festival (1957);[7] Tullio Serafin with Gobbi at the Chicago Lyric Opera (1958);[8] Lorin Maazel and Walter Berry at the Vienna State Opera (1983);[9] James Levine and Paul Plishka at the Met (1992);[10] Riccardo Muti and Juan Pons at La Scala (1993);[11] Solti and José van Dam in Berlin (1993);[12] and Zubin Mehta and Ruggero Raimondi at the Teatro Comunale, Florence (2006).[13]
In October 1978 Solti conducted the soundtrack for Götz Friedrich's 1979 film of Falstaff. The recording, made by Decca in the Sofiensaal. Vienna, with the Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, featured Gabriel Bacquier as Falstaff, Richard Stilwell as Ford, Max-René Cosotti as Fenton, Karan Armstrong as Alice Ford, Jutta-Renate Ihloff as Nanetta and Márta Szirmay as Mistress Quickly.[3]
References
[edit]Notes
- ^ Recordings (1932 to 2001) on operadis-opera-discographyorguk[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hepokoski, p. 176
- ^ a b Stuart, Philip. Decca Classical, 1929–2009, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Thomas Beecham", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Fritz Reiner", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Victor de Sabata", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Herbert von Karajan", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Tullio Serafin", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Lorin Maazel", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: James Levine", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Riccardo Muti", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Georg Solti", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ "Conductor: Zubin Mehta", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
Sources
- Hepokoski, James (1983). Giuseppe Verdi "Falstaff". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-23534-1.
External links
[edit]- Detailed Falstaff discography – operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
