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Falstaff

Title
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. London, England : Decca, [2015]
  2. ©2015

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Additional authors
  1. Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918
  2. Maestri, Ambrogio, 1970-
  3. Meade, Angela
  4. Blythe, Stephanie
  5. Cano, Jennifer Johnson
  6. Fanale, Paolo
  7. Oropesa, Lisette
  8. Vassallo, Franco
  9. Levine, James, 1943-2021
  10. Fleming, Renée
  11. Carsen, Robert
  12. Steinberg, Paul (Set designer)
  13. Reiffenstuel, Brigitte
  14. Praet, Peter van
  15. Halvorson, Gary
  16. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
  17. Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
  18. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), production company. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
  19. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  20. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  21. Decca Record Company, film distributor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. 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
  1. The Metropolitan Opera HD live
Uniform title
  1. Metropolitan Opera HD live.
Subject
  1. Operas
  2. Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)
  3. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Genre/Form
  1. Operas.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Comic opera in 3 acts.
  2. "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.
  3. Program notes by Ellen Keel and synopsis by Robert Carsen in English with French and German translations (26 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
  4. 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)
  1. Producer, Robert Carsen ; set designer, Paul Steinberg ; costume designer, Brigitte Reiffenstuel ; lighting designers, Robert Carsen, Peter Van Praet ; director, Gary Halvorson.
System details (note)
  1. DVD; region 0; NTSC; widescreen 16:9; LPCM stereo, DTS 5.1 surround.
Language (note)
  1. Sung in Italian; with optional English, French, German, Korean, and Chinese subtitles.