Falstaff

Main Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Other Authors: Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918,, Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth., Moffo, Anna., Merriman, Nan., Barbieri, Fedora., Alva, Luigi., Spataro, Tomaso,, Ercolani, Renato., Gobbi, Tito., Panerai, Rolando., Zaccaria, Nicola., Karajan, Herbert von., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England), Philharmonia Chorus (London, England)
Format: CD
Language: Italian
Published: Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI, [1988]
Physical Description: 2 audio discs (120 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Description: EMI: CDS 7 49668 2 (CDC 7 49669 2--CDC 7 49670 2).
EMI: CDCB 49668 (additional no. on container).
Opera in 3 acts.
Sung in Italian.
Libretto by Arrigo Boito, principally from Shakespeare's The merry wives of Windsor.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, sopranos ; Nan Merriman, Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-sopranos ; Luigi Alva, Tomaso Spataro, Renato Ercolani, tenors ; Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, baritones ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass ; Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
Recorded Apr.-May 1956, Kingsway Hall, London.
Compact discs.
Analog recording.
Program notes by Francis Toye in English and German and by François Lafon in French, and libretto with German, English and French translations (264 p. : ill.).
Physical Description: 2 audio discs (120 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 02:00:00