Falstaff (1993)
It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.
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Mirella Freni
as Alice Ford
as Alice Ford
Barbara Bonney
as Nannetta
as Nannetta
Paul Plishka
as Sir John Falstaff
as Sir John Falstaff
Bruno Pola
as Ford
as Ford
Marilyn Horne
as Mistress Quickly
as Mistress Quickly
Frank Lopardo
as Fenton
as Fenton
Piero De Palma
as Dr. Cajus
as Dr. Cajus
Anthony Laciura
as Bardolfo
as Bardolfo
James Courtney
as Pistola
as Pistola
Susan Graham
as Meg Page
as Meg Page
James Levine
as Self - Conductor
as Self - Conductor
Carole Wright
as Mistress of the Inn
as Mistress of the Inn
Tim Willson
as The Innkeeper
as The Innkeeper
MET Orchestra
as
as
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Franco Zeffirelli
Director
Director
Arrigo Boito
Writer
Writer
Franco Zeffirelli
Production Design
Production Design
Franco Zeffirelli
Set Designer
Set Designer
Daniel Anker
Producer
Producer
Victoria Warivonchik
Production Secretary
Production Secretary
Joseph Volpe
General Manager
General Manager
James Levine
Art Direction
Art Direction
Giuseppe Verdi
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Gil Wechsler
Lighting Design
Lighting Design
Paul Mills
Stage Director
Stage Director
Brian Large
Director
Director
William Burdick
Choreographer
Choreographer
Susan Erben
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Ron Washburn
Technical Supervisor
Technical Supervisor
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Producer
Bill King
Sound Supervisor
Sound Supervisor
James Levine
Conductor
Conductor
Jessica Ruskin
Production Assistant
Production Assistant
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