Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - Falstaff (2001) Cover Front Album Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Conductor Claudio Abbado Orchestra / Ensemble I Berliner Philharmoniker Length 113:29 Format CD Genre Vocal; Opera Chorus I Rundfunkchor Berlin Chorus Master Simon Halsey Index 571 Out of Print No Musicians Soloist Terfel; Hampson; Shtoda; Facini; Mee; Kotscherga; Pieczonka; Roschmann; Diadkova; Doufexis Credits Producer Christopher Alder Label Deutsche Grammophon Track List Falstaff 52:12 01 Act I: Scene 1: "Falstaff!" "Ola!" 04:59 02 Act I: Scene 1: "6 polli: 6 scellini" 02:36 03 Act I: Scene 1: "Ma e tempo d'assottigliar l'ingegno" 03:46 04 Act I: Scene 1: "L'onore! Ladri!" 04:07 05 Act I: Scene 2: "Alice" "Meg" "Nannetta" 01:17 06 Act I: Scene 2: "Fulgida Alice! amor t'offro..." "Quell'otre! quel tino!" 03:41 07 Act I: Scene 2: "In due parole" 01:22 08 Act I: Scene 2: "Pst, pst, Nannetta" 05:09 09 Act I: Scene 2: "Udrai quanta egli sfoggia" 03:04 10 Act II: Scene 1: "Siam pentiti e contriti" "Reverenza!" 05:45 11 Act II: Scene 1: "Alice e mia! "Va' vecchio John" 01:49 12 Act II: Scene 1: "Signore, v'assista il cielo!" 02:33 13 Act II: Scene 1: "C'e a Windsor una dama" 06:27 14 Act II: Scene 1: "E sogno? o realta?" 05:37 Falstaff 61:17 01 Act II: Scene 2: "Presenteremo un bill" "Giunta all'albergo della Giarrettiera" 03:54 02 Act II: Scene 2: "Gaie comari di Windsor!" 01:36 03 Act II: Scene 2: "Alfin t'ho colto, raggiante fior" 03:17 04 Act II: Scene 2: "Quand'ero paggio" 01:01 05 Act II: Scene 2: "Mia signora!" 02:41 06 Act II: Scene 2: "Vien qua" "Che chiasso!" 01:37 07 Act II: Scene 2: "C'e" "C'e" "Se t'agguarnto!" "Se ti piglio!" 05:00 08 Act III: Scene 1: "Ehi! Taverniere! Mondo ladro" 05:44 09 Act III: Scene 1: "Reverenza. La bella Alice" "Quando il rintocco della mezzanotte" 05:04 10 Act III: Scene 1: "Brava. Quelle corna saranno la mia gioia!" 04:36 11 Act III: Scene 2: "Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola" 05:19 12 Act III: Scene 2: "Una, due, tre, quattro" 03:16 13 Act III: Scene 2: "Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi!" "Sul fin d'un soffio etesio" 05:29 14 Act III: Scene 2: "Alto la!" "Pizzica, pizzica" 06:01 15 Act III: Scene 2: "Ogni sorta di gente dozzinale" 03:20 16 Act III: Scene 2: "Facciamo il parentado" Tutto nel mondo e burla" 03:22 Personal Purchase Date 3/7/2002 Value $35.50 Store BMG Condition 100% Librettist Arrigo Boito Nationality Italian Premiere Teatro alla Scala, Milan, February 9, 1893 "Form" Commedia lirica in tre atti Language Italian Period Romantic Details Studio Philharmonie, Berlin Catalog Number 471 194-2 Live No Recording Date 4/1/2001 Spars DDD Reissue No Sound Stereo Notes Sir John Falstaff Ford: Thomas Hampson Fenton: Damiil Shtoda Dr. Cajus: Enrico Facini Bardolfo: Anthony Mee Pistola: Anatoli Kotscherga Mrs. Alice Ford: Adrianne Pieczonka Nannetta: Dorothea Roschmann Mrs. Quickly: Larissa Diadkova Mrs. Meg Page: Stella Doufexis Notes, illustrations, text and translations Essay: "'Roll up, here we come again!': A Meeting of Masters" by Andrew Porter Essay: "'This is my kingdom. I mean to extend it.' 'We are all figures of fun'" by Claudio Abbado