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VERDI
Falstaff
Dr Caius: Peter Hall
Sir John Falstaff: Christopher Purves
Bardolph: Alasdair Elliott
Pistol: Paolo Battaglia
Mrs Page (Meg): Jennifer Holloway
Mrs Ford (Alice): Dina Kuznetsova
Mistress Quickly: Marie-Nicolre Lemieux
Nannetta: Adriana Kucerova
Fenton: Bulent Bezduz
Ford: Tassis Christoyannis
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Director: Richard Jones
Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, June 2009.
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The inspirational Vladimir Jurowski conducts Verdi’s last opera, his only true comic opera. An international cast is led by Christopher Purves in the larger-than-life role of the corpulent Falstaff, whose profligacy both outrages and inspires the citizens of Windsor. Richard Jones’s production brings out the humour, bitterness and anger – mixed with tenderness and wisdom – embodied in the Shakespeare plays on which the libretto is based.
Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound.
‘In the pit, Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic hone their reflexes so that the instrumental guffaw, exclamation, explosive flourish leaps out at you. It’s exciting and detailed and rhythmically so alive.’ The Independent
Running time 136 mins
Region code All regions
Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4 Disc size: BD50
Picture format 1080i High Definition / 16:9 Sound format 2.0 PCM & 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Menu language EN Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
Dimensions (mm) W135 H170 D12
NOTE: This Blu-ray disc is not compatible with standard DVD players
BBC Opus Arte OABD7053D
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