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Proms 88: Verdi Falstaff

BBC Radio 3
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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Glyndebourne Festival Opera's new production, director Peter Hall, staged for the Proms by David Edwards.

Glyndebourne Chorus, chorusmaster Ivor Bolton
London Philharmonic Orchestra, led by David Nolan, conducted by Bernard Haitink

Act 1

7.40* Verdi's Last Laugh
Julian Budden traces Verdi's comic development.

8.00* Act 2

8.55* Claudio Desderi talks with Rodney Milnes about building the character of Verdi's Falstaff.

9.15* Act 3

Contributors

Singers:
Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Master:
Ivor Bolton
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
David Nolan
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Speaker (Verdi's Last Laugh):
Julian Budden
Interviewee (Interval):
Claudio Desderi
Interviewer (Interval):
Rodney Milnes
Dr Caius:
Remy Corazza (tenor)
Falstaff:
Claudio Desderi (baritone)
Bardolph:
Petros Evangelides (tenor)
Pistol:
Federico Da Via (bass)
Meg:
Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano)
Alice:
Nancy Gustafson (soprano)
Mistress Quickly:
Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
Nannetta:
Evalind (soprano)
Fenton:
Gianluca Sorrentino (tenor)
Ford:
Robert McFarland (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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