Falstaff
By: Giuseppe Verdi
Contributors: Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist; Taddei, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Araiza, Francisco; Kabaivanska, Raĭna, 1934-; Perry, Janet; Ludwig, Christa; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Karajan, Herbert von; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker
Publisher: Philips
Published: 1980
Place of publication: [The Netherlands]
Language: ita
Format: [sound recording] /
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Operas
Work titles: Falstaff
Notes: Opera in three acts; sung in Italian.

Libretto by Arrigo Boito; based principally on: Merry wives of Windsor / William Shakespeare.

Manual sequence.

Digital recording.

Duration: 2:08:14.

Program notes and synopsis in German, English, and French; libretto in German, Italian, English, and French (72 p. : ill., ports.) laid in container.

Giuseppe Taddei as Sir John Falstaff ; Rolando Panerai as Ford ; Francisco Araiza as Fenton ; Raina Kabaivanska as Mrs. Alice Ford ; Janet Perry as Nannetta ; Christa Ludwig as Mrs. Quickly ; Trudeliese Schmidt as Mrs. Meg Page ; supporting soloists ; Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.