CinemaOSMovie · 1993 · 2h 6m · G

Falstaff

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It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.

Directed byFranco Zeffirelli, Brian Large

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 6m
Language
IT
Released
January 1, 1993
Studios
Deutsche Grammophon

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Mirella Freni

Mirella Freni

Alice Ford

Barbara Bonney

Barbara Bonney

Nannetta

Paul Plishka

Paul Plishka

Sir John Falstaff

Bruno Pola

Ford

Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne

Mistress Quickly

Frank Lopardo

Frank Lopardo

Fenton

Piero De Palma

Dr. Cajus

Anthony Laciura

Anthony Laciura

Bardolfo

James Courtney

James Courtney

Pistola

Susan Graham

Susan Graham

Meg Page

Creative team
Directed by
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Brian Large
Brian Large
Written by
Arrigo Boito
Produced by
Daniel Anker
Louisa Briccetti

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