GIUSEPPE VERDI

Falstaff

 

Ambrogio Maestri, Juan Diego Flórez, Barbara Frittoli

Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Riccardo Muti

 

Directed for Stage by Ruggero Cappuccio

Costumes by Carlo Poggioli

 

Recorded live at the Teatro Verdi, Busseto, 10 April 2001

 

This Falstaff performance constituted the high point of the impressive 100th anniversary celebrations of the composer’s death

 

The present recording was made in Busseto, Verdi’s birthplace, in the small, 328-seat Teatro Verdi, provided the ensemble of La Scala, Milan, under its principal conductor Riccardo Muti, with a particularly captivating backdrop

 

Singers including shooting star Ambrogio Maestri in the title role, exciting young tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Fenton and internationally acclaimed Barbara Frittoli as Alice – gave superb performances

 

The special appeal of this production lies not only in the excellent quality of the music; there is also the fact that the scenery and costumes were recreated from a historical performance of 1913

 

The lively and witty direction of the young Italian Ruggero Cappuccio combines the historical backdrop with the vitality of modern direction.

 

Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic

Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1

Region Code: 0

Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish

Booklet Notes: English, German, French

Running Time: 118 mins

 

EuroArts DVD NTSC 2051728