(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1932(STU) - Molajoli Lorenzo - Teatro alla Scala*
2 1937(LI) - Toscanini Arturo - Wiener Philharmoniker*
3 1939(RA) - Weisbach Hans - Orchester des Reichsenders Leipzig*
4 1941(LCE) - Krauss Clemens - Wiener Staatsoper*
5 1941(LI) - Serafin Tullio - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma*
6 1944(LI) - Beecham Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*
7 1949(LI) - Reiner Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
8 1949(RA) - Rossi Mario - RAI Torino*
9 1950(RA) - Solti Georg - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester*
10 1950(RA) - Toscanini Arturo - NBC Symphony Orchestra*
11 1951(LI) - Sabata Victor de - Teatro alla Scala*
12 1952(LI) - Sabata Victor de - Teatro alla Scala*
13 1953(RA) - Rossi Mario - RAI Roma*
14 1956(FI) - Serafin Tullio - RAI Milano***
15 1956(LI) - Cellini Renato - New Orleans Opera*
16 1956(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Philharmonia Orchestra*
17 1957(LI) - Gui Vittorio - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
18 1957(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*
19 1958(LI) - Serafin Tullio - Chicago Lyric Opera*
20 1961(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Covent Garden*
21 1962(LI) - Rossi Mario - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
22 1962(SE) - Downes Edward - New Symphony Orchestra of London*
23 1963(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*
24 1963(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
25 1963(STU) - Melik-Pasheyev Alexander - Bolshoi Theatre*
26 1963(STU) - Solti Georg - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra*
27 1964(LI) - Bernstein Leonard - Metropolitan Opera*
28 1965(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
29 1965(LI) - Rosenstock Joseph - Metropolitan Opera*
30 1966(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - San Francisco Opera*
31 1966(LI) - Rosenstock Joseph - Metropolitan Opera*
32 1966(LI) - Rossi Mario - RAI Torino*
33 1966(STU) - Bernstein Leonard - Wiener Philharmoniker*
34 1967(LI) - Amaducci Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*
35 1968(LI) - Kertész István - Covent Garden*
36 1970(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - San Francisco Opera*
37 1970(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - L'Opéra de Paris**
38 1970(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Deutsche Oper Berlin***
39 1972(LI) - Dohnányi Christoph von - Metropolitan Opera*
40 1973(LI) - Annovazzi Napoleone - Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra*
41 1974(LI) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Bayerische Staatsoper*
42 1974(LI] - Maag Peter - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
43 1976(LI) - Gibson Alexander - Scottish National Orchestra*
44 1976(LI) - Pritchard John - London Philharmonic Orchestra**
45 1976(LI) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Bayerische Staatsoper*
46 1979(FI) - Solti Georg - Wiener Philharmoniker**
47 1979(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - Australian Opera*
48 1980(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Teatro alla Scala*
49 1980(LI) - Solti Georg - Wiener Staatsoper*
50 1980(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*
51 1981(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*
52 1982(LC) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra*
53 1982(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Covent Garden**
54 1982 - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker**
55 1985(LI) - Oren Daniel - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli***
56 1986(LI) - Tate Jeffrey - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
57 1987(LI) - Cambreling Sylvain - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie**
58 1989(LI) - Pidò Evelino - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
59 1991(STU) - Davis Colin - Münchner Rundfunkorchester*
60 1992 - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
61 1993(LC) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*
62 1993(LC) - Solti Georg - Berliner Philharmoniker*
63 1993(LI) - Ozawa Seiji - Wiener Staatsoper*
64 1993(LI) - Solti Georg - Wiener Philharmoniker*
65 1996(STU) - Humburg Will - Hungarian State Opera*
66 1997(LI) - Maschio Elisabetta - Orchestra dell'Istituzione Concertistico Orchestrale dell'Amministrazione Provinciale di Lecce*
67 1998(STU) - Gardiner John Eliot - Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique*
68 1999(LI) - Haitink Bernard - Covent Garden***
69 2000(LE) - Abbado Claudio - Berliner Philharmoniker**
70 2001(LI) - Gatti Daniele - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
71 2001(LI) - Mazzola Enrique - Orchestre de Paris**
72 2001(LI) - Mehta Zubin - Bayerische Staatsoper*
73 2001(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala**
74 2001(STU) - Abbado Claudio - Berliner Philharmoniker*
75 2001(STU) - Daniel Paul - English National Opera*
76 2002(LI) - Darlington Jonathan - Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne*
77 2003(LI) - Elder Mark - Halle Orchestra*
78 2004(LC) - Davis Colin - London Symphony Orchestra*
79 2006(LC) - Mehta Zubin - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino**
80 2006(LI) - Agostini Alessandro D' - Orchestra della Fondazione «Arturo Toscanini»**
81 2007(LI) - Conlon James - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Lorenzo Molajoli - 1932(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Falstaff - Giacomo Rimini
Fenton - Roberto D' Alessio
Ford - Emilio Ghirardini
Dr. Cajus - Emilio Venturini
Bardolfo - Giuseppe Nessi
Pistola - Salvatore Baccaloni
Alice Ford - Pia Tassinari
Nannetta - Ines Alfani-Tellini
Meg Page - Rita Monticone
Mistress Quickly - Aurora Buades(-D'Alessio)
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Black Disc; - Columbia GQX 10563-10576 {14x78s} (Italy) ; Columbia OP16 (14x78s;AC) (USA) (1933)ª; Columbia LX 241-254 (14x78s;AC) (UK) (1933)ª;; Columbia «Entré» EL-8 {3LPS} (USA) (1954)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10141/42 {2LPS} (Italy); EMI 3C 153 00695-6 {2LPS} (Italy)
Compact Disc; - Video Artists International Audio VAIA 1098-2 {2CDS}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78680/81 {2CDS}; Arkadia 78024 {2CDS} ; Opera d'Oro OPD 9001 {2CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.110198-99 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1933 p.5 (Klein p.552); April 1996 p.132
Opera News - October 1996 p.40
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.59
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.57-58 [JA]
The Music Lover's Guide - Vol.1 No.5 January 1933 pp.155-156
American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.174 (mention): January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.236 [LM]
Classical Express - Issue No.84 March 1997 p.4: Issue No.86 May 1997 p.4
Répertoire - No.101 Avril 1997 p.68
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.66
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.56 diciembre 2002 pp.84-85 [MC]
Comments:- Recorded between 30 March and 15 April 1932. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel
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Conductor Arturo Toscanini - 1937(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Mariano Stabile
Fenton - Dino Borgioli
Ford - Piero Biasini
Dr. Cajus - Alfredo Tedeschi
Bardolfo - Giuseppe Nessi
Pistola - Virgilio Lazzari
Alice Ford - Franca Somigli
Nannetta - Augusta Oltrabella
Meg Page - Mita Vasari
Mistress Quickly - Angelica Cravcenco
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 46/3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1137/38-2 {2CDS}; Arkadia HP 625.2 {2CDS} Grammofono 2000 AB 78017-25 (Collection); Grammofono 2000 AB 78707/8 {2CDS}; Andante AN 3080 (+performance conducted by von Karajan) {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1997 p.36 (mention); March 2005 p.93 [AB]
Orpheus - Oktober 1996 S.59: August + September 1999 S.83 [DN]; Mai+Juni 2005 S.58 [SS]
Opéra International - No.297 janvier 2005 p.78 [JC]
Diapason - No.444 janvier 1998 p.102 [AT]; No.521 janvier 2005 pp.107-108 [PK]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.173 p.170
Classical Express - Issue No.72 February 1996 p.8
International Record Review - April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]
Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.94 [TP]
American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.241 [KM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival
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Conductor Hans Weisbach - 1939(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Reichsenders Leipzig
Chorus - Chor des Reichsenders Leipzig
Falstaff - Hans Hotter
Fenton - Philipp Rasp
Ford - Arno Schellenberg
Dr. Cajus - Peter Markwort
Bardolfo - Wilhelm Ulbricht
Pistola - Gottlieb Zeithammer
Alice Ford - Henny Neumann-Knapp
Nannetta - Martina Wulf
Meg Page - Else Tegetthoff (previously Ruziczka)
Mistress Quickly - Hedwig Fichtmüller
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Black Disc - Preiser Records 012 046-7 {2LPS}; *BASF 10 22137-7 (highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90102 {2CDS}; Cantus Classics 51487 {2CDS}; Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 208 «Opera auf Deutsch» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1975 p.1011 (letter); January 1976 p.1239 (highlights) [AB]
Comments:- Recording of performance broadcast in April 1939.The CDs issued by Cantus Classics are listed on their omline catalogue.
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1941(LCE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Georg Hann
Fenton - Anton Dermota
Ford - Carl Kronenberg
Dr. Cajus - Josef Witt
Bardolfo - William Wernigk
Pistola - Marjan Rus
Alice Ford - Esther Réthy
Nannetta - Adele Kern
Meg Page - Elena Nikolaidi
Mistress Quickly - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1458-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.8)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1995 p.143
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.337)
Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.85
Comments:- *Recording of parts of performances at the Vienna State Opera (25 October and 5 November 1941). What appear to be (some of?) the same excerpts appear as a «filler» on the recording of Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor conducted by Hans Altmann and issued on CD by Gala (GL 100.718)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1941(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma
Falstaff - Mariano Stabile
Fenton - Ferruccio Tagliavini
Ford - Tito Gobbi
Dr. Cajus - Adelio Zagonora
Bardolfo - Cesare Masini-Sperti
Alice Ford - Franca Somigli
Nannetta - Augusta Oltrabella
Meg Page - Vittorico Palambini
Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo
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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 1104 (highlights +complete recording - de Sabata - 1952 + Otello, Aida - excerpts - de Sabata) {4CDS} (2002)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66338 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.2 November/December 2002 pp.245-246 [JM]
Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.128 [PK]
American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 pp.259-261 [LM]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 pp.98-99 [BI]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 p.85 [JS]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma (28 April 1941). As this recording comes from a broadcast by a German radio station it seems probable that it is of a performance given by the Rome Company when they visited Berlin. According to a letter in CLassic Record Collector (Spring 2003 p.5) the role of Pistol was sung by Giulio Neri.
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1944(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Leonard Warren
Fenton - Charles Kullman
Ford - John Brownlee
Dr. Cajus - John Dudley
Bardolfo - George Rasely
Pistola - John Gurney
Alice Ford - Eleanor Steber
Nannetta - Frances Greer
Meg Page - Lucielle Browning
Mistress Quickly - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 293
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (11 March 1944). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Leonard Warren
Fenton - Giuseppe di Stefano
Ford - Giuseppe Valdengo
Dr. Cajus - Leslie Chabay
Bardolfo - Alessio De Paolis
Pistola - Lorenzo Alvary
Alice Ford - Regina Resnik
Nannetta - Licia Albanese
Meg Page - Martha Lipton
Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 250 {2LPS} (1962)ª
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL A85/A86 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6373/74 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0012 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2309/10 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.230-231 [BB]
Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.128 [PK]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.99 [JC-1]
Classical Express - Issue No.86 May 1997 p.4
ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249 (mention) [PH]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 p.126 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 pp.83-84 [JS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1949)
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1949(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Emilio Renzi
Ford - Saturno Meletti
Dr. Cajus - Gino Del Signore
Bardolfo - Giuseppe Nessi
Pistola - Christiano Dalamangas
Alice Ford - Rosanna Carteri
Nannetta - Lina Pagliughi
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Amalia Pini
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Black Disc - Cetra-Soria 1207 (USA); Cetra OLPC 1207/1-3
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDON 46 {2CDS}; Preiser Records «Paperback Opera» 20003 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Arkadia 78063 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 82651-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1437 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1955 p.2; November 1961 p.269; August 2000 p.96 [AB]
Opera - December 1961 p.806
Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.80 [DN]
Diapason - No.536S mai 2006 p.120 [MP]
Saturday Review - April 29 1950 p.48 [IK]
American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.114 [RVL]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.140 maggio 2000 p.105 [MG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 p.94 [JV]
Comments:- Recorded on 2 October 1949
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1950(RA)
Orchestra - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Chorus - Kölner Rundfunkchor
Falstaff - Hans Reinmar
Fenton - Richard Holm
Ford - Albrecht Peter
Alice Ford - Maud Cunitz
Nannetta - Wilma Lipp
Meg Page - Ingeborg Lasser
Mistress Quickly - Res Fischer
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0171 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
International Record Review - June 2006 p.27 [JTH]
Comments:- *The assignment of some of the singers to the roles as given above may be incorrect.
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Conductor Arturo Toscanini - 1950(RA)
Orchestra - NBC Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale
Falstaff - Giuseppe Valdengo
Fenton - Antonio Madasi
Ford - Frank Guarrera
Dr. Cajus - Gabor Carelli
Bardolfo - John Carmen Rossi
Pistola - Norman Scott
Alice Ford - Herva Nelli
Nannetta - Teresa Stich-Randall
Meg Page - Nan Merriman
Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6111 {3LPS} (USA) (1954)ª; HMV ALP 1229-1231 {3LPS} (1955)ª;; RCA RB 16163-16165 {3LPS} (UK) (1959)ª; RCA «Victrola» AT 301/1-3 {3LPS} (1972)ª; RCA «Victrola» VL 46023 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» GK 60251 (1990)ª; RCA Victor «Gold Seal» GD 60326 (collection) (1990)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» GD 60251 {2CDS} (1990)ª; RCA Victor «Gold Seal» GD 60326 (collection) {7CDS} (1990)ª; BMG RCA Victor 74321 72372-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Arkadia 2CD 78079 {2CDS} (2001)ª; RCA 67893 (part of «Verdi - The Complete Toscanini Recordings) {12CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1955 pp.456-457 [AR] April 1955 p.470 [DST]; July 1957 p.45 [DST]; November 1959 p.247 [WSM]; January 1960 p.342 (mention) [DST]; September 1972 p.569 [AB]; January 1973 p.1296 (mention) [DST]; May 1990 pp.1969-1970 [AB]; August 2000 p.96 [AB]
Opera - May 1955 p.325; December 1959 p.812; August 1967 p.666; October 1967 p.853
Opera Now - September/October 2000 p.99, p.101 [ST]
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.214-215 [MHF]
Orpheus - Januar 1973 S.70 [GA]; Dezember 1973/Januar 1974 S.33-S.36 [CK]
American Record Guide - October 1954 Vol.21 No.2 p.50 [PHR]: September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.36 [VAL]: September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 p.278 [RVL]: January/February 2005 Vol.68 No.1 p.252 (rehearsals) [RVL]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - April 1955 p.18
Gramophone Record Review - April 1955 pp.327-328 [DH]
High Fidelity Magazine - November 1954 Vol.4 No.9 p.58 [JH]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.37 [PP]
Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.18 [DH]
International Record Review - August 2000 p.112 [DC]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - julio-agosto 2000 p.58 [XCD]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 1 April 1950 (Act 1; Act 2, Scene 1) and 8 April 1950 (Act 2, completion; Act 3). A recording of the rehearsals has been published (Stradivarius STR 1006/7 - 2 LPs; Music & Arts CD 4248 2 CDs)
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Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Falstaff - Mariano Stabile
Fenton - Cesare Valletti
Ford - Paolo Silveri
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Giuseppe Nessi
Pistola - Silvio Maionica
Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi
Nannetta - Alda Noni
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 111 {2LPS} (1972)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 14/3 {3LPS}; Turnabout Historical Series THS G 5114/5; {2LPS} (USA); Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 288 {3LPS} (1979)ª; foyer FO 1039 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01007
Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2220-2221 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4500-4501 {2CDS} Opera d'Oro OPD 1214 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.176 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7041 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - August 1993 p.1005
Opera Now - August 1993 p.50
Fanfare - Vol.2 No.1 September/October 1978 p.120 [KH]; Vol.17 No.2 November/December 1993 p.431 [MM]; Vol.31 No.2 November/December 2007 pp.275-277 [JM]
Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.56 [GH]
VERDI DAL VIVO - p.94
Opernwelt - September 9/1992 S.64
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (5 or 7 June 1951). The CDs issued by Urania are advertized in ORPHEUS Mai 2001 S.73 where the recording date is givenas 26 May 1951.
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Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Falstaff - Mariano Stabile
Fenton - Cesare Valletti
Ford - Paolo Silveri
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Giuseppe Nessi
Pistola - Italo Tajo
Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi
Nannetta - Rosanna Carteri
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 017 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1039 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 1104 (+excerpts - Serafin + excerpts from Otello, Aida - de Sabata) {4CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.2 November/December 2002 pp.245-246 [JM]
Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.128 [PK]
American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 pp.259-261 [LM]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 pp.98-99 [BI]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 p.85 [JS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 June 1952). Music & Arts give the date as 26 May 1952.
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Nicola Monti
Ford - Aldo Protti
Dr. Cajus - Vittorio Pandano
Bardolfo - Mario Carlin
Pistola - Franco Calabrese
Alice Ford - Anna Maria Rovere
Nannetta - Rosanna Carteri
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Oralia Domínguez
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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66328 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.86 [JM]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 23 September 1953.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Scipio Colombo
Dr. Cajus - Mario Carlin
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Franco Calabrese
Alice Ford - Rosanna Carteri
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc - GDL
DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAIDVD 4333 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2006 p.99 (DVD) [JBS]
Diapason - No.536S mai 2006 p.126 (DVD) [MP]
American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.230 [RVL]
Opéra Magazine - No.8 juin 2006 p.84 (DVD) [JC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.78 (DVD) [PN]
Comments:- *Video recordings of a television film and audio recording of its soundtrack broadcast on 9 May 1956. The audio recording is listed (with the year given as 1958) in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juin 2000 No.247 p.21.
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Conductor Renato Cellini - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Falstaff - Leonard Warren
Fenton - André Turp
Ford - Richard Torigi
Dr. Cajus - Virginio Assandri
Bardolfo - Luigi Vellucci
Pistola - Norman Treigle
Alice Ford - Viviane Della Chiesa
Nannetta - Audrey Schuh
Meg Page - Evelyn Sachs
Mistress Quickly - Lizabeth Pritchett
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Compact Disc; - Video Artists International Audio VAIA 1056-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - February 18 1995 p.37
Orpheus - April 1995 p.62
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.124
American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.241
Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.95
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (5 May 1956). The review in OPERA NEWS states (incorrectly) that the performance was in St Louis
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Rolando Panerai
Dr. Cajus - Tomaso Spataro
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Nicola Zaccaria
Alice Ford - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Nan Merriman
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1410-1412 {3LPS} (1957)ª; Columbia SAX 2254-2256 (1961)ª; EMI SLS 5037 (ASD 3142-3144) {3LPS} (1976)ª;; EMI SLS 5211 {2LPS} (1980)ª; EMI EX 749668-1 {2LPS} (1988)ª; Angel 3552 C/L {3LPS} (1956)ª;; Angel S 3552 C/L {3LPS} (1959)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10141/42 {2LPS} (Italy)
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5211 (1980)ª;; EMI EX 749668-4 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49668-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67083-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 67162 2 3 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11379-80 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; Angel CDCB-49668 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1957 p.288; March 1957 p.382; July 1957 p.45 July 1961 p.80; January 1976 p.1239 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; December 1980 p.880 [AB] ; September 1988 p. [HF]; October 1999 p.120 [RTF]
Opera - May 1957 p.314; October 1961 p.666; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.12 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]
High Fidelity Magazine - December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.98 [MDS]: February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.76 [DJ]
American Record Guide - February 1959 Vol.25 No.6 p.414: January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]
Gramophone Record Review - April 1957 p.458
International Classical Record Collector - No.2 (September 1995) p.33
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.568
Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.106
Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.130 [SH]
Comments:- *Recorded in the Kingsway Hall (18-29 June 1956). See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.406
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Juan Oncina
Ford - Antonio Boyer
Dr. Cajus - Hugues Cuénod
Bardolfo - John Lewis
Pistola - Hervey Alan
Alice Ford - Orietta Moscucci
Nannetta - Antonietta Pastori
Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni
Mistress Quickly - Oralia Domínguez
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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2454-56 {3LPS}; Replica 324544 {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100784 (+Il trovatore - excerpts - Previtali) {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classic Record Collector - Autunmn 2007 pp.98-99 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.93 [JM]
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Rolando Panerai
Dr. Cajus - Tomaso Spataro
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Mario Petri
Alice Ford - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato
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Compact Disc; - Hunt CDKAR 226 {2CDS};; House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi + Vol.2 His Later Works» {1xCD+ROM} (2001)ª; Andante AN 3080 (+performance conducted by Toscanini) {4CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0212 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 2005 p.93 [AB]
Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.58 [SS]; März + April 2008 S.59 [SS]
Opéra International - No.297 janvier 2005 p.78 [JC]
Diapason - No.521 janvier 2005 pp.107-108 [PK]
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 [LM]: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.241 [KM]
International Record Review - April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]
Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.94 [TP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (10 August 1957; See OPERA October 1957 pp.625-628)
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Alvino Misciano
Ford - Cornell MacNeil
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Luigi Vellucci
Pistola - Kenneth Smith
Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 282-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 206-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Premiere Opera ltd. CDNO 7662 {2CDS} (2002)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue No.79 October 1996 p.5
VERDI DAL VIVO - p.96
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (10 October 1958, see OPERA December 1958 p.780)
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - John Shaw
Dr. Cajus - John Lanigan
Bardolfo - Robert Bowman
Pistola - Michael Langdon
Alice Ford - Mariella Angioletti
Nannetta - Mirella Freni
Meg Page - Josephine Veasey
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 2009
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10 May 1961; see OPERA July 1961 pp.469-474). This performance was not broadcast, but that on 12 May was.
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Agostino Lazzari
Ford - Renato Capecchi
Dr. Cajus - Vittorio Pandano
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Enrico Campi
Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi
Nannetta - Mirella Freni
Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 030 22 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1313 {2CDS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDBB 655 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Bravissimo Opera Library 9801 (Verdi - The Greatest Operas) {14CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.269-271 [JM]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (1 December 1962; mentioned in OPERA March 1963 p.187). The cast listed above is that given in OPERA, but some sources give Anna Maria Rota as singing the role of Meg. The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Edward Downes - 1962(SE)
Orchestra - New Symphony Orchestra of London
Falstaff - Fernando Corena
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Renato Capecchi
Bardolfo - Robert Bowman
Pistola - Michael Langdon
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Lydia Marimpietri
Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 6079 {1LP} (1963)ª;; Decca SXL 6079 {1LP} (1963)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» SDD 429 London A 4154 {1LP} (1964)ª;; London OSA 1154 {1LP} (1964)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 9-075 (7½ips 4-track) (1984)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.287; November 1974 p.964 [JBS]
American Record Guide - March 1964 Vol.30 No.7 p.633 [HG] July 1964 Vol.30 No.11 p.1052 [RJ] (open reel tape) [RJ]
American Record Guide - March 1964 Vol.30 No.7 p.633 [HG]July 1964 Vol.30 No.11 p.1052 [RJ] (open reel tape) [RJ]
High Fidelity Magazine - March 1964 Vol.14 No.3 p.65 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Chorus - Netherlands Chamber Choir
Falstaff - Fernando Corena
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Renato Capecchi
Dr. Cajus - Mario Carlin
Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli
Pistola - Enrico Campi
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Mirella Freni
Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Compact Disc; - Verona 27095 {2CDS}; Radio Netherlands 5001 (Concertgebouw; Orchestra 1960-1970) (14CDS) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Monthly - September 1991 p.41 [WHW]
American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.228 [RH2]
Comments:- Recording of a perfornance at Gravenhage as part of the Holland Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 pp.85-86)
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Dr. Cajus - Italo Pasini
Bardolfo - Nino Falzetti
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Jeanette Scovotti
Meg Page - Noemi Souza
Mistress Quickly - Oralia Domínguez
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Compact Disc - Ornamenti FE 119 {2CDS}
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (30 August 1963)
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Conductor Alexander Melik-Pasheyev - 1963(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Falstaff - Viktor Nechipailo
Fenton - Evgeny Raikov
Ford - Vlasimir Valaitis
Dr. Cajus - Andrei Sokolov
Bardolfo - Vladimir Zakharov
Pistola - Mark Reshetin
Alice Ford - Galina Vishnevskaya
Nannetta - Maria Svesdina
Meg Page - Irina Arkhipova
Mistress Quickly - Valentina Levko
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Black Disc - Melodiya D 014197/202 {3LPS}; Melodiya S 0961/0966 {3LPS}
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Alfredo Kraus
Ford - Robert Merrill
Dr. Cajus - John Lanigan
Bardolfo - Piero De Palma
Pistola - Giovanni Foiani
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Mirella Freni
Meg Page - Rosalind Elias
Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor RE 5509-5511 {3LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; RCA Victor SER 5509-5511 {3LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; Decca 2BB 104-106 {3LPS} (1971)ª; RCA Victor LM 6163 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6163 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 417 168-1 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Decca K110K32 (1978)ª;; *Decca 417 168-4 (1990)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 417 168-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 460 179-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)ª; Decca «Classic Opera» 475 6677 {2CDS} (2005)ª
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8008 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1964 p.517; October 1964 p.174 [DST]; July 1971 p.238 [AB] November 1978 p.970 [IM]; March 1990 p. [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]
Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]
American Record Guide - March 1964 Vol.30 No.7 p.564 [PLM]: August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.60, p.66 (open reel tape) [RJ]
High Fidelity Magazine - March 1964 Vol.14 No.3 p.65 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]
International Record Review - November 2005 p.37 [RP]
Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]
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Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Anselmo Colzani
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Mario Sereni
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Andrea Velis
Pistola - Norman Scott
Alice Ford - Gabriella Tucci
Nannetta - Judith Raskin
Meg Page - Rosalind Elias
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers FAL 196401 {2CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 March 1964). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Sesto Bruscantini
Dr. Cajus - Italo Pasini
Bardolfo - Nino Falzetti
Pistola - Andrés Huc Santana
Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska
Nannetta - Jeanette Scovotti
Meg Page - Carmen Burello
Mistress Quickly - Oralia Domínguez
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3412
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (August 1965; see OPERA November 1965 p.818). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - George Shirley
Ford - Mario Sereni
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Andrea Velis
Pistola - Norman Scott
Alice Ford - Gabriella Tucci
Nannetta - Judith Raskin
Meg Page - Mildred Miller
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1657
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of performance at the MET (23 January 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Falstaff - Ramón Vinay
Fenton - Ottavio Garaventa
Ford - Frank Guarrera
Dr. Cajus - Howard Fried
Bardolfo - Raymond Manton
Pistola - Federico Davià
Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska
Nannetta - Lee Venora
Meg Page - Janis Martin
Mistress Quickly - Sona Cervená
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1470-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (November 1966). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera» by Arthur Bloomfield p.463. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004».
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Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Thomas Stewart
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Andrea Velis
Pistola - Norman Scott
Alice Ford - Pilar Lorengar
Nannetta - Judith Raskin
Meg Page - Mildred Miller
Mistress Quickly - Lili Chookasian
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1161
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (9 March 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as a «Very Good to Excellent in-house recording».
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Agostino Lazzari
Ford - Walter Alberti
Dr. Cajus - Mario Carles
Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli
Pistola - Leonardo Monreale
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Lydia Marimpietri
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 061 323 (La forza del destino - Gavazenni 1965 - highlights) {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide - September/October 2006 Vol.69 No.5 p.290 [KM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 pp.86-87 [VM]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 19 October 1966. The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.183.
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Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1966(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Fenton - Juan Oncina
Ford - Rolando Panerai
Dr. Cajus - Gerhard Stolze
Bardolfo - Murray Dickie
Pistola - Erich Kunz
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Graziella Sciutti
Meg Page - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc; - Columbia M3L-350 {3LPS} (USA) (1966)ª; Columbia M3S-750 {3LPS} (USA) (1966)ª; CBS BRG 72943-5 {3LPS}; CBS SBRG 72493-5 {3LPS};; *CBS MET 3002 {3LPS} (UK); CBS SET 3002 {3LPS} (UK)
Compact Disc; - Sony M2K 42535 {2CDS}; Sony Classical SM2K 91181 {2CDS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape - Columbia M3Q 880 (7½ips 4-track) (USA)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1967 p.439; April 1967 p.513; October (published August) 2003 p.91 [PO'C]
Opera - April 1967 pp.333-334 [HDR]
American Record Guide - Vol.33 No.3 November 1966 p.203 [PLM]
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Conductor Bruno Amaducci - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Ezio Flagello
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Frank Guarrera
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Andrea Velis
Pistola - Norman Scott
Alice Ford - Phyllis Curtin
Nannetta - Judith Raskin
Meg Page - Mildred Miller
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FAL 196701 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (16 December 1967). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor István Kertész - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Stuart Burrows
Ford - John Shaw
Dr. Cajus - Kenneth MacDonald
Bardolfo - Robert Bowman
Pistola - David Kelly
Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue
Nannetta - Elizabeth Robson
Meg Page - Yvonne Minton
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3928
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (3 June 1968). The performance on 29 May 1968 is reviewed in OPERA July 1968 pp.588-589.
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Falstaff - Geraint Evans
Fenton - Stuart Burrows
Ford - Dan Richardson
Dr. Cajus - Ragnar Ulfung
Bardolfo - Raymond Manton
Pistola - Ara Berberian
Alice Ford - Mary Costa
Nannetta - Margaret Price
Meg Page - Sylvia Anderson
Mistress Quickly - Lili Chookasian
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter AE 201 (San Francisco Opera CD ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco (7 October 1970)
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Gérard Dunan
Ford - Matteo Manuguerra
Dr. Cajus - Jacques Pottier
Bardolfo - Robert Andreozzi
Pistola - Gérard Chapuis
Alice Ford - Andrea Guiot
Nannetta - Christiane Eda-Pierre
Meg Page - Marie-Luce Bellary
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6152 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *This appears to be a video recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (April 1970). The cast listed above is that given in L'AVANT SCENE OPÉRA No.87/88 p.175 and OPERA July 1970 p.669. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated 21 May 2007. Here the year of the performance recorded is given as 1973. It is also stated that there are «glitches in Gobbi's Act III monologue».
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Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Falstaff - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Ingvar Wixell
Dr. Cajus - Martin Vantin
Bardolfo - Gloden Mercer
Pistola - Fritz Hoppe
Alice Ford - Pilar Lorengar
Nannetta - Edith Mathis
Meg Page - Patricia Johnson
Mistress Quickly - Vera Little
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VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1203 (NTSC)
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 5089
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Deutsche Oper in the Nissei Theatre, Tokyo (29 March 1970).
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Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Kostas Paskalis
Dr. Cajus - Paul Franke
Bardolfo - Andrea Velis
Pistola - Richard Best
Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi
Nannetta - Roberta Peters
Meg Page - Joann Grillo
Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1749
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (1 April 1972). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Napoleone Annovazzi - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Dublin Grand Opera Society
Falstaff - Attilio D' Orazi
Fenton - Antonio Bevacqua
Ford - Giorgio Gatti
Dr. Cajus - Brendan Cavanagh
Bardolfo - Angelo Mercuriali
Pistola - Giovanni Gusmeroli
Alice Ford - Anna Maria Balboni
Nannetta - Niculina Mirea Curta
Meg Page - Ruth Maher
Mistress Quickly - Sylvana Mazzieri
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Black Disc - Tima Club MPV 29 {2LPS}
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Dublin (7 May 1973; see OPERA July 1975 p.606). I thank Mr. Tom Peel for information on the Tima Club LPs, copies of which are in his personal collection
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Falstaff - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Fenton - Claes H. Ahnsjö
Ford - Thomas Tipton
Dr. Cajus - Friedrich Lenz
Bardolfo - Gerhard Stolze
Pistola - Keith Engen
Alice Ford - Leonore Kirschstein
Nannetta - Reri Grist
Meg Page - Herta Töpper
Mistress Quickly - Carol Smith
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2025
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (12 July 1974). The information about the cast given above comes from «Dietrich Fischer Dieskau - Verzeichnis der Tonaufnahme» by Monika Wolf p.463.
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Conductor Peter Maag - 1974(LI]
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Ugo Benelli
Ford - Alberto Rinaldi
Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli
Pistola - Giovanni Foiani
Alice Ford - Antonietta Cannarile
Nannetta - Rita Talarcio
Meg Page - Anna Di Stasio
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1711
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (23 April 1974). The performance on 19 April 1974 is reviewed in OPERA October 1974 p.902.
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Conductor Alexander Gibson - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Scottish National Orchestra
Chorus - Scottish Opera
Falstaff - Sesto Bruscantini
Fenton - Richard Greager
Ford - John Shaw
Dr. Cajus - John Robertson
Bardolfo - David Fieldsend
Pistola - William McCue
Alice Ford - Catherine Wilson
Nannetta - Glenys Fowles
Meg Page - Claire Livingstone
Mistress Quickly - Elizabeth Bainbridge
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 6518
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *According to mr. tape's catalogue this recording is of a performance in London in 1978. However, it seems more likely that it is of a concert performance given at a PROM in the Royal Albert Hall on 13 August 1976 which was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 7-13 August 1976 p.45.
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival
Falstaff - Donald Gramm
Fenton - Max René Cosotti
Ford - Benjamin Luxon
Dr. Cajus - John Fryatt
Bardolfo - Bernard Dickerson
Pistola - Ugo Trama
Alice Ford - Kay Griffel
Nannetta - Elizabeth Gale
Meg Page - Reni Penkova
Mistress Quickly - Nucci Condò
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DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 101 083 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Longmans Video LGVH 7014 (+ BETA) (PAL) Video Artists International 69008 (+BETA) (NTSC); Home Vision FAL04 (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2005 pp.107, p.109 [AB]
Opera - July 2005 pp.867-869 [HC]
Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.68 [IW]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]
Opéra International - No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.124 [JC]
Diapason - No.525 mai 2005 p.135 [MP]
American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.255-258 [DF]
Classica Répertoire - No.74 juillet-aoüt 2005 pp.120-121 (DVD) [PF]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.84 [FGR]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival (14 August 1976). The performances on 11 June 1976 and 10 July 1976 (with some cast changes) are reviewed in OPERA, Festival Issue p.36 and p.41
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Falstaff - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Fenton - Claes H. Ahnsjö
Ford - Thomas Tipton
Bardolfo - Gerhard Stolze
Pistola - Keith Engen
Alice Ford - Leonore Kirschstein
Nannetta - Reri Grist
Meg Page - Brigitte Fassbaender
Mistress Quickly - Herta Töpper
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01972
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2041
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich. The date given in Charles Handelman's Catalog (November 2000) is 2 September 1976, but according to «Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Verzeichnis der Tonaufnahmen» by Monika Wolf p.464 the date of the recording in BR Archiv is 2 August 1976. It is not stated in either source who sings the role of Dr.Cajus. The date given in mr. tape's catalogue is also 2 August 1976.
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1979(FI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Gabriel Bacquier
Fenton - Max René Cosotti
Ford - Richard Stilwell
Dr. Cajus - John Lanigan
Bardolfo - Peter Maus
Pistola - Ulrik Cold
Alice Ford - Karan Armstrong
Nannetta - Jutta-Renate Ihloff
Meg Page - Sylvia Lindenstrand
Mistress Quickly - Márta Szirmay
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Laser Disc - *London 071 503-1 (NTSC); Decca 071 403-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - DG 073 4080 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Decca 071 403-3 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1993 p.115; April 2006 p.83 [JBS]
Opera News - December 25 1993 p.40
The Classical Video Guide - p.116
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.91 junio 2006 p.82 [JC]
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Australian Opera
Chorus - Australian Opera
Falstaff - Ronald Maconaghie
Fenton - Paul Ferris
Ford - Robert Allman
Dr. Cajus - Graeme Ewer
Bardolfo - Gordon Wilcock
Pistola - Donald Shanks
Alice Ford - Nance Grant
Nannetta - Rhonda Bruce
Mistress Quickly - Heather Begg
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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 053 {2CDRS} (Australia)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Sydney Opera House (August 1979). See OPERA October 1979 p.983. It was announced that Rhonda Bruce, Paul Ferris, Graeme Ewer, and Gordon Wilcox would take part in these performances (OPERA December 1978 p.1183), but I have not been able to confirm that they did so, nor that they sang the roles listed above.
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Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Falstaff - Juan (Joan) Pons
Fenton - Péter Kelen
Ford - Bernd Weikl
Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma
Bardolfo - Sergio Tedesco
Pistola - Luigi Roni
Alice Ford - Mirella Freni
Nannetta - Patricia Wise
Meg Page - Kathleen Kuhlmann
Mistress Quickly - Jocelyne Taillon
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01971
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 6516
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *This appears to be a recording of the performance at La Scala on 7 December 1980 (See OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL janvier 1981 No.35 p.28). The year given in Charles Handelman's Calalog (November 2000) is 1981, but the opera performed at La Scala on 7 December 1981 was Lohengrin.
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Guillermo Sarabia
Fenton - Yordy Ramiro
Ford - Bernd Weikl
Dr. Cajus - Heinz Zednik
Bardolfo - Wilfried Gahmlich
Pistola - Rudolf Mazzola
Alice Ford - Pilar Lorengar
Nannetta - Sona Ghazarian
Meg Page - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)
Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FAL 198001 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2763-2 {2CDS} (2008)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 5396
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (24 February 1980; see OPERA May 1980 pp.476-477). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» dated Tuesday 08 January 2008..
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1980(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Francisco Araiza
Ford - Rolando Panerai
Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma
Bardolfo - Heinz Zednik
Pistola - Federico Davià
Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska
Nannetta - Janet Perry
Meg Page - Trudeliese Schmidt
Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig
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Black Disc; - Philips 6769 060 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Cassette; - Philips 7654 060 (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 412 263-2 {2CDS} (1984)ª; DG 447 686-2 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1981 p.1121 [AB] ; December 1984 p. [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]
Comments:- This recording made in 1980 has the same cast as the video recording made in 1982 and the «live» recording of 1981.
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Francisco Araiza
Ford - Rolando Panerai
Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma
Bardolfo - Heinz Zednik
Pistola - Federico Davià
Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska
Nannetta - Janet Perry
Meg Page - Trudeliese Schmidt
Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig
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Compact Disc; - Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5022/23 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (26 July 1981; see OPERA Festival Issue 1981 pp.47-49). The discs issued on the Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April 2001. They were made in the USA (published by Parnassus?)
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1982(LC)
Orchestra - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Los Angeles Master Chorale
Falstaff - Renato Bruson
Fenton - Dalmacio González
Ford - Leo Nucci
Dr. Cajus - Michael Sells
Bardolfo - Francis Egerton
Pistola - William Wilderman
Alice Ford - Katia Ricciarelli
Nannetta - Barbara Hendricks
Meg Page - Brenda Boozer
Mistress Quickly - Lucia Valentini-Terrani
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Black Disc; - DG 2741 020 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 3382 020 (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 410 503-2 {2CDS} (1983)ª; DG 477 6498 {2CDS} (2007)ª; DG 000875202 {2CDS} (USA) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1983 p.964 [AB]; December 1983 p.810 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.2 November/December 2007 pp.275-277 [JM]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.4 p.118; Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]
American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 p.205 [RVL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 p.94 [JC]
Comments:- Recorded at performances in Los Angeles (See GRAMOPHONE February 1983 p.917, OPERA July 1982 p.703
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Falstaff - Renato Bruson
Fenton - Dalmacio González
Ford - Leo Nucci
Dr. Cajus - John Dobson
Bardolfo - Francis Egerton
Pistola - William Wilderman
Alice Ford - Katia Ricciarelli
Nannetta - Barbara Hendricks
Meg Page - Brenda Boozer
Mistress Quickly - Lucia Valentini-Terrani
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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-84-064 (NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 50-51442-0494-2-8 (2007)ª; EuroArts 205 1728 (2007)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Thorn EMI TVH 90 1704 2 (BETA TXH 90 1704 4) (PAL) (1983)ª; Warner Vision NVC Arts 3984 26656-3 (PAL) (1999)ª; HBO/Cannon TVE/TXE 2802 (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1986 p.1395 [RM]; September 2007 p.97 (DVD) [JBS]
Opera Now - July/August 1999 p.103 [RF]
Orpheus - November + Dezember 2007 S.69-S.70 [IW]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]
Diapason