SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Radio transmission of part of Act III of Verdi’s opera taken from a gramophone recording of the complete performance at La Scala, Milan. Lorenzo Molajoli conducts the Milan Teatro Orchestra and Chorus. With baritone Giacomo Rimini as Falstaff and the legendary buffo bass, Salvatore Bacaloni, as Pistol.

Series

Opera Half-Hour, The

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

Italy

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

15 Sep 1949 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Home Service)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Contributor

Lorenzo Molajoli

Cast

Giacomo Rimini	Sir John Falstaff
Rita Monticone	Mistress Margaret Page
Pia Tassinari	Mistress Alice Ford
Aurora Buades	Mistress Quickly
Emilio Ghirardini	Frank Ford
Emilio Venturini	Doctor Caius
Giuseppe Nessi	Bardolph
Ines Alfani Tellini	Nanetta (Anne Page)
Roberto d’Alessio	Fenton
Salvatore Baccaloni	Pistol

Additional Details

Theatre

La Scala, Milan

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

opera; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Falstaff

Notes

Notes

The gramophone records used for this programme were presumably copies of the first complete recording of the opera made in Milan in 1932. The recording is still available for sale on CD from various labels at most retail outlets.