Verdi: Falstaff
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Falstaff), Ilva Ligabue (Alice Ford), Regina Resnik (Mistress Quickly), Graziella Sciutti (Nannetta), Juan Oncina (Fenton), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Gerhard Stolze (Cajus), Murray Dickie (Bardolfo), Erich Kunz (Pistola), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Meg Page)
Wiener Philharmoniker,...
Bernstein's Falstaff is one of the best from the point of view of conducting, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau a thoughtful fat knight, and the supporting cast containing some worthwhile stand-outs.
Verdi: Falstaff
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Falstaff), Ilva Ligabue (Alice Ford), Regina Resnik (Mistress Quickly), Graziella Sciutti (Nannetta), Juan Oncina (Fenton), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Gerhard Stolze (Cajus), Murray Dickie (Bardolfo), Erich Kunz (Pistola), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Meg Page)
Wiener Philharmoniker,...
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Bernstein's Falstaff is one of the best from the point of view of conducting, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau a thoughtful fat knight, and the supporting cast containing some worthwhile stand-outs.
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Contents and tracklist
- Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocal), Murray Dickie (tenor), Erich Kunz (vocal), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Ilva Ligabue (soprano), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Juan Oncina (tenor), Rolando Panerai (vocal), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Roberto Benaglio (chorus master)
- Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
- Leonard Bernstein
Awards and reviews
April 2015
Bernstein's Falstaff is one of the best from the point of view of conducting, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau a thoughtful fat knight, and the supporting cast containing some worthwhile stand-outs.
March 2015
Nobody…can deny the myriad colours in [Fischer-Dieskau's] vocal palate. There is power when Falstaff is angry, softness in his wooing. Leonard Bernstein finds the gaiety in the music…Ilva Ligabue was the finest Alice of her generation, and one wishes that Verdi had written an aria for the character, for Ligabue's glowing soprano tones are meltingly lovely.
