  Verdi - Falstaff / Royal Opera House (1999) (Dvd)Verdi - Falstaff / Royal Opera House (1999) (Dvd)
UPC Number: 032031082397
Actors: Bryn Terfel, Claudio Abbado, Roberto Frontali
Directors: Graham Vick
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: KULTUR VIDEO
Release date: April 28, 2009
Run time: 159 minutes
Product Description
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 color 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. Sung in Italian, with English subtitlesSir John Falstaff: Bryn Terfel Ford: Roberto Frontali Fenton: Kenneth Tarver Dr Caius: Robin Leggate Bardolph: Peter Hoare Pistol: Gwynne Howell Alice Ford: Barbara Frittoli Nannetta: Desir?e Rancatore Mistress Quickly: Bernadette Manca di Nissa Meg Page: Diana Montague Conductor: Bernard HaitinkDirector: Graham Vick Designs: Paul Brown Bryn Terfel appears in Falstaff; recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado
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