Falstaff

Synopsis
Verdi’s opera with Giuseppe Taddei as Falstaff. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and State Opera Chorus are conducted by Herbert von Karajan. The dancers are The Salzburg Landestheater Ballet School and the Vienna State Opera Ballet.
Series
Herbert von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video
Language
Italian (Standard)
Country
Austria
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
2002
Duration
135 mins

Credits

Director
Herbert von Karajan
Writer
Arrigo Boito
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Production Design
Guenther Schneider-Siemsson
Costume
Georges Wakhevitch
Cast
Giuseppe TaddeiSir John Falstaff
Trudeliese SchmidtMistress Margaret Page
Raina KabaiwanskaMistress Alice Ford
Christa LudwigMistress Quickly
Rolando PaneraiFrank Ford
Francisco AraizaFenton
Heinz ZednickBardolph
Janet PerryNannetta (Anne Page)
Piero de PalmaDoctor Caius

Additional Details

Theatre company
Vienna State Opera
Production type
Operas and Musicals
Plays
Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Subjects
Drama; Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Programme notes and synopsis in German with English, French, Italian and Spanish translations.
General
Recorded in 1982 at the Salzburger Osterfestspiele in Salzburg.

Archive

Name

National Library of Sweden, Department of Audiovisual Media

Email
foexp@kb.se
Web
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Phone
=46 (0) 10-709 30 20
Fax
+46 (0)10-709 39 34
Address
Research Service
Box 5039
102 41 Stockholm
Sweden
Notes
The Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images (SLBA) ceased to exist as a public authority in its own right at the end of 2008. As of 1 January 2009, it operate as the Department of Audiovisual Media under the National Library of Sweden.
Name

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Email
rha@nypl.org
Web
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Phone
(212) 870 1663
Address
New York Public Library of Recorded Sound
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 100123

Distributor

Name

Sony Classical

Online Retailer

Name

cduniverse.com

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How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Falstaff". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av70292 (Accessed 22 Dec 2024)