Verdi - Falstaff
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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or
Cat No: C783092
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 19th October 2009
Contents
Artists
Walter BerryGiorgio Zancanaro
Francisco Araiza
Heinz Zednik
Wilfried Gahmlich
Rudolf Mazzola
Pilar Lorengar
Patricia Wise
Christa Ludwig
Alexandrina Milcheva
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Conductor
Lorin MaazelWorks
FalstaffArtists
Walter BerryGiorgio Zancanaro
Francisco Araiza
Heinz Zednik
Wilfried Gahmlich
Rudolf Mazzola
Pilar Lorengar
Patricia Wise
Christa Ludwig
Alexandrina Milcheva
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Conductor
Lorin MaazelAbout
Featuring a magnificent ensemble of singers - first and foremost Walter Berry, who in the Indian summer of his career conquered the starring role as fat Sir John. He was equally at home in the joviality of the role and in its ruminative moments as he was in its roguish and impulsive emotional outbursts. The portly knight's object of desire and his antagonist was Pilar Lorengar as Alice Ford, possessed of vocal luminosity and perfect accentuation. Her jealous husband was played as an unbridled, dashing cavalier by the baritone Giorgio Zancanaro.
As the young lovers, the silvery-bright soprano of Patricia Wise and the dark-toned tenor of Francisco Araiza complemented each other charmingly, both in timbre and in the naturalness of their intertwined phrasing. Nor did Christa Ludwig hold back in her renowned interpretation of Mistress Quickly, luring both Walter Berry and the Viennese public to their assignations in Ford's house and under Herne's Oak.
Cast:
- Walter Berry (Falstaff)
- Giorgio Zancanaro (Ford)
- Francisco Araiza (Fenton)
- Heinz Zednik (Doctor Caius)
- Wilfried Gahmlich (Bardolfo)
- Rudolf Mazzola (Pistola)
- Pilar Lorengar (Alice)
- Patricia Wise (Nanetta)
- Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly)
- Alexandrina Milcheva (Meg Page)
Recorded: 2/2/1983
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