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Falstaff
- Title
- Falstaff / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on the plays The merry wives of Windsor and Henry IV by William Shakespeare ; a Metropolitan Opera high-definition production.
- Publication
- London, England : Decca, [2015]
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Moving image | Use in library | MUSDVD2062 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918
- Maestri, Ambrogio, 1970-
- Meade, Angela
- Blythe, Stephanie
- Cano, Jennifer Johnson
- Fanale, Paolo
- Oropesa, Lisette
- Vassallo, Franco
- Levine, James, 1943-2021
- Fleming, Renée
- Carsen, Robert
- Steinberg, Paul (Set designer)
- Reiffenstuel, Brigitte
- Praet, Peter van
- Halvorson, Gary
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), production company. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Decca Record Company, film distributor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds
- Description
- 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- The comic misadventures of a down-on-his-luck knight looking to earn some money by romancing rich men's wives, a jealous husband, and his wife.
- Series Statement
- The Metropolitan Opera HD live
- Uniform Title
- Metropolitan Opera HD live.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Operas.
- Note
- Comic opera in 3 acts.
- "A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Royal Opera House, Covert Garden; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; and De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam"--Container.
- Program notes by Ellen Keel and synopsis by Robert Carsen in English with French and German translations (26 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
- Bonus features: Backstage at Falstaff with host Renée Fleming: Interview with Angela Meade and Stephanie Blythe; Robert Crasen, James Levine, and Peter Gelb discuss Falstaff; interviews with Met props master James Blumenfeld, Ambrogio Maestri and Valeria Villani, Lisette Oropesa, and Jennifer Johnson Cano.
- Credits (note)
- Producer, Robert Carsen ; set designer, Paul Steinberg ; costume designer, Brigitte Reiffenstuel ; lighting designers, Robert Carsen, Peter Van Praet ; director, Gary Halvorson.
- System Details (note)
- DVD; region 0; NTSC; widescreen 16:9; LPCM stereo, DTS 5.1 surround.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian; with optional English, French, German, Korean, and Chinese subtitles.
- LCCN
- 044007438916
- OCLC
- ocn929716014
- 929716014
- SCSB-9445467
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries