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Falstaff

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Verdi's 'Falstaff'
From Glyndebourne Opera House
A special television performance before an invited audience

9.0-10.5 Act 1
Scene 1: The taproom of the Garter Inn
Scene 2: The garden of Ford's house
Act 2
Scene 1: The taproom of the Garter Inn

10.20-11.30 Act 2
Scene 2: A room in Ford's house
Act 3 Scene 1: Outside the Garter Inn
Scene 2: Windsor Forest

The original production by Carl Ebert, directed by Peter Ebert who introduces the opera
(See page 6)
Noel Goodwin writes on page 6

Contributors

Composer:
null Verdi
Libretto:
Arrigo Boito
Singers/Dancers:
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Ballet
Chorus-Master:
Peter Gellhorn
Choreographer:
Robert Harrold
Musicians:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Raymond Cohen
[Orchestra] conductor:
Vittorio Gut
Chief of Music Staff:
Jani Strasser
Designer:
Osbert Lancaster
Original production:
Carl Ebert
Directed by/Presenter/Presented for television by:
Peter Ebert
Presented for television by:
Noble Wilson
Dr. Caius, a French physician:
Hugues Cuenod
Sir John Falstaff:
Geraint Evans
Followers of Falstaff - Bardolph:
Mario Carlin
Followers of Falstaff - Pistol:
Marco Stefanoni
Mrs. Page (Meg):
Anna Maria Rota
Mrs. Ford (Alice):
Ilva Ligabue
Mistress Quickly:
Oralia Dominguez
Anne Ford (Nanetta):
Mariella Adani
Fenton, a young gentleman:
Juan Oncina
Ford, a wealthy townsman of Windsor:
Sesto Bruscantini
The Innkeeper:
Harold Williams
Source: Radio Times

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