CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; CD 4. Opera News on the Air (Ron Kramer talks with Lillian Groag about Falstaff) ; David Hamilton previews "Sly" ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's Opera Quiz [Quiz Kids] (William Fulton, host, with Nika Hasegawa, Stevie Miller and Alison Moritz) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call number
*LDC 27395
Note
Compact discs.
Performer (note)
Marina Mescheriakova (Alice Ford) ; Camilla Tilling (Nannetta) ; Susanne Mentzer (Meg Page) ; Stephanie Blythe (Mistress Quickly) ; Gregory Turay (Fenton) ; Bryn Terfel (Sir John Falstaff) ; Dwayne Croft (Ford) ; Jonathan Welch (Dr. Caius) ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Bardolfo) ; Raymond Aceto (Pistola) ; Charlotte Philley (Mistress of the Inn) ;; Joseph Pariso (Innkeeper) ; James Levine, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 2002.
Source (note)
Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
Sung in Italian.
Author
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title
Falstaff [sound recording] / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2002.
Series
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 6, 2002.
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 6, 2002.
Cast
Marina Mescheriakova (Alice Ford) ; Camilla Tilling (Nannetta) ; Susanne Mentzer (Meg Page) ; Stephanie Blythe (Mistress Quickly) ; Gregory Turay (Fenton) ; Bryn Terfel (Sir John Falstaff) ; Dwayne Croft (Ford) ; Jonathan Welch (Dr. Caius) ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Bardolfo) ; Raymond Aceto (Pistola) ; Charlotte Philley (Mistress of the Inn) ;; Joseph Pariso (Innkeeper) ; James Levine, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 6, 2002.