Falstaff

After an unparalleled succession of tragic operas, Verdi finished his
operatic career with a comedy. It has a thread of intriguing musical cross-
references and a great richness of musical resource, as well as subtle
delineation of character. It has enchanting love-music, too; but it is the
depiction of Falstaff himself and the web of conspiracy round him that
gives the opera its chief celebrity. Verdi's congenial librettist Arrigo
Boito created a sparkling adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of
Windsor" and "Henry IV". "Falstaff" was premiered in Milan in 1893.

Composer:	Giuseppe Verdi
Title:	Falstaff
Conductor:	Georg Solti
Staged By:	Götz Friedrich
Soloist:	Gabriel Bacquier, Richard Stilwell, Max-René Cosotti, John Lanigan, Peter Maus, Ulrik Cold, Karan Armstrong, Jutta Renate Ihloff, Márta Szirmay, Sylvia Lindenstrand
Set:	Jörg Neumann
Orchestra:	Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus:	Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben
Video Director:	Götz Friedrich
Genre:	Opera
Length:	129 minutes
Cat.No.:	A05005352