Verdi: Falstaff (2015)
“The whole world is a jest, man was born a great jester…” So goes the brilliant conclusion to Verdi’s Falstaff, an opera inspired by Shakespeare’s beloved comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor. The virtuosic score requires a particularly talented cast, not to mention a truly exceptional conductor. Herbert von Karajan perfectly fits the bill, and this performance featuring the Wiener Philharmoniker and an all-star group of singers is clearly worthy of Verdi’s powerful work, a masterpiece whose comic facade thinly veils the complex and sometimes even tragic characters’ struggles. Recorded in 1982. Re-released 2015.
- Date of release
- 2015-09-11
- Genres
- Music
Casting
- Giuseppe Taddei
- Rolando Panerai
- Francisco Araiza
- Piero De Palma
- Heinz Zednik
- Herbert von Karajan — Self - Conductor
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