SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Verdi’s opera recorded at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in July 2001. Directed for stage by Herbert Wernicke and for video by Chloé Perlemuter. Enrique Mazzola conducts the Orchestra de Paris. Willard White is Falstaff.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

France

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2001

Recording date

Jul 2001

Duration

125 mins

Credits

Director

Chloé Perlemuter; Herbert Wernicke

Producer

Francois Duplat

Writer

Arrigo Boito

Music

Giuseppe Verdi

Production Design

Herbert Wernicke

Costume

Herbert Wernicke

Cast

Willard White	Sir John Falstaff
Charlotte Hellekant	Mistress Margaret Page
Geraldine McGreevy	Mistress Alice Ford
Nora Gubisch	Mistress Quickly
Marcus Jupither	Frank Ford
Miah Persson	Nanetta (Anne Page)
Paolo Battaglia	Pistol
Santiago S. Jerico	Bardolph
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke	Doctor Caius

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Subjects

Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Released on DVD in 2003. Sung in Italian with subtitles in English, French, Japanese and Spanish.

Production Company

Name

Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence

Name

France 3

Address

France

Distributor

Name

Arthaus Musik

Email

info@arthaus-musik.com

Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Distributor (Sale)

Name

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