Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff_音乐专辑
Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
又名: 威尔第：法斯塔夫
表演者: Riccardo Muti/Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala/Ambrogio Maestri/Roberto Frontali/Juan Diego Florez/Ernesto Gavazzi/Paolo Barbacini/Luigi Roni/Barbara Frittoli/Inva Mula/Bernadette Manca di Nissa/Anna Cathrina Antonacci
介质: DVD
发行时间: 2007
唱片数: 1
出版者: Eutoarts
条形码: 0880242517289
专辑简介
Falstaff is an operatic commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. It was Verdi's last opera, written in the composer's ninth decade, and only the second of his 26 operas to be a comedy. It was also the third of Verdi's operas to be based on a Shakespearean play, following his earlier Macbeth and Otello. (Verdi had toyed, too, with writing an opera based on King Lear and Arrigo Boito later tried to interest him in Anthony and Cleopatra[1], but neither project was ever brought to fruition.)
The first performance of Falstaff took place on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan to great success. The illustrious French baritone Victor Maurel, who had created the role of Iago in Verdi's previous opera, Otello, sang Falstaff at the premiere.
While it has not proved to be as immensely popular as the Verdi works that immediately preceded it, namely Aida and Otello, Falstaff has long been an admired favorite with critics and musicians because of its brilliant orchestration, scintillating libretto and refined melodic invention. It is in the standard repertoire of many opera companies.
