Falstaff discography

This is a discography of Giuseppe Verdi's last opera, Falstaff. It was first performed at La Scala, Milan on 9 February 1893.

Year Cast
(Falstaff,
Ford,
Fenton,
Mrs. Ford,
Mistress Quickly)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[1]
1932Giacomo Rimini,
Emilio Ghirardini,
Roberto D'Alessio,
Pia Tassinari,
Aurora Buades		 Lorenzo Molajoli,
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and chorus		Audio CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.110198-99
1950Giuseppe Valdengo,
Frank Guarrera,
Antonio Madasi,
Herva Nelli,
Cloe Elmo		 Arturo Toscanini,
NBC Symphony Orchestra		Audio CD: RCA
Cat: B00004R8ME
1957Tito Gobbi,
Rolando Panerai,
Luigi Alva,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Fedora Barbieri		 Herbert von Karajan,
Philharmonia Orchestra and chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival, 10 August) 		Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: CDM 5 67083 2
1963Geraint Evans,
Robert Merrill,
Alfredo Kraus,
Ilva Ligabue,
Giulietta Simionato		 Sir Georg Solti,
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus		Audio CD: Decca
Cat: B000787WWE
1966Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Rolando Panerai,
Juan Oncina,
Ilva Ligabue,
Regina Resnik		 Leonard Bernstein,
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus		Audio CD: CBS Masterworks
Cat: 01-042535-10
1976Donald Gramm,
Benjamin Luxon,
Max-René Cosotti
Kay Griffel,
Nucci Condò		 Sir John Pritchard,
London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Chorus.
Stage Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
(Recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival, 14 August) 		Video (DVD, NTSC): Arthaus Musik
Cat: 101 083
1980Giuseppe Taddei,
Rolando Panerai,
Francisco Araiza,
Raina Kabaivanska,
Christa Ludwig		 Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra		Audio CD: Philips
Cat: B00000E2SL
1982Renato Bruson,
Leo Nucci,
Dalmacio Gonzalez,
Katia Ricciarelli,
Lucia Valentini Terrani		 Carlo Maria Giulini,
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
(Recorded at performances in Los Angeles)		Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: B000001G4L
1991Rolando Panerai,
Alan Titus,
Frank Lopardo,
Sharon Sweet,
Marilyn Horne		 Sir Colin Davis,
Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks		Audio CD: RCA Victor
1998Jean-Phillippe Lafont,
Anthony Michaels-Moore,
Antonello Palombi,
Hillevi Martinpelto
Sara Mingardo 		John Eliot Gardiner,
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir 		Audio CD: Phillips,
Cat: 462 603-2
2001Bryn Terfel,
Thomas Hampson,
Danil Shtoda,
Adrianne Pieczonka,
Larissa Diadkova		Claudio Abbado,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus		Audio CD: DGG
Cat: 289 471 194-2
2009Christopher Purves,
Tassis Christoyannis,
Bulent Bezduz,
Dina Kuznetsova,
Marie-Nicole Lemieux		Vladimir Jurowski,
London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Chorus,
(Recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival, June)		Video (DVD, NTTC): Opus Arte,
Cat: OA 1021 D

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Recordings (1932 to 2001) on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

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