Falstaff [videorecording] : a lyric comedy in 3 acts, 1893 / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito, the comedy The Merry wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare ; a coproduction ZDF/Arte, Glydebourne Enterprises Ltd, François Roussillon et associés, with the participation of Mezzo TF1.
By: Verdi, Giuseppe
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Contributor(s): Boito, Arrigo [lbt. ] | Purves, Christopher [prf. ] | Christogiannopoulos, Tasēs [prf. ] | Kuznetsova, Dina [prf. ] | Bezdüz, Bülent [prf. ] | Hoare, Peter [prf. ] | Elliott, Alasdair [prf.] | Battaglia, Paolo [prf. ] | Kučerová, Adriana [prf. ] | Holloway, Jennifer (Mezzo-soprano) [prf.] | Jurowski, Vladimir [cnd. ] | Jones, Richard | Ultz | Sherin, Mimi Jordan | Roussillon, François | Glyndebourne Festival Chorus [prf. ] | London Philharmonic Orchestra [prf. ] | Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen | Arte (Firm) | Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France) | François Roussillon et associés | Opus Arte (Firm).
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BookPublisher: Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, 2010Description: 1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Contained works: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Merry wives of Windsor.Subject(s): OperasDDC classification: DVD/123 BlueRay | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library DVD | DVD/123 BlueRay (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00174600 |
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Program notes in English, French and German in container.
Director, Richard Jones ; set and costume designer, Ultz ; lighting designer, Mimi Jordan Sherin ; directed for television by François Roussillon.
Christopher Purves (Sir John Falstaff) ; Tassis Christoyannis (Ford) ; Dina Kuznetsova (Mrs. Alice Ford) ; Bülent Bezdüz (Fenton) ; Peter Hoare (Dr. Caius) ; Alasdair Elliott (Bardolfo) ; Paolo Battaglia (Pistola) ; Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta) ; Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly) ; Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page) ; Glyndebourne Chorus ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor.
Recorded in performance in June 2009 at Glyndebourne Opera House.
Blu-ray disc; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
Sung in Italian, with English, French, German, Spanish and Italian subtitles.
Tony Duggan collection.