Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)

Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)

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  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 29, 2013

Runtime

2h 12m

Original Title

Falstaff

Production Companies

Salzburger Festspiele, EuroArts, Unitel Classics

Director

Damiano Michieletto

Description

This 2013 Salzburg Festival performance of Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdis late masterwork and crowning achievement, features conductor Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic. The staging thought up by Italian director Damiano Michieletto moves the action from a fictitious London to that special care home, the Casa Verdi, a place rich in memories of great days past and impressions of a real-time present. Ambrogio Maestri seems a tailor-made Falstaff. His physique is just right for the part, as are his powerful voice, flair for drama and feeling for the Verdi style. (New York Times)