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Composer of the Week: Verdi

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Donald Macleod introduces Verdi's last two operas, both inspired by Shakespeare -the tragic Otello and the quicksilver brilliance and wit of Falstaff.
Otello, Act 1 Scene 3; Act 2 Scene 5
Bastille Opera Orchestra, conductor Myung-Whun Chung Falstaff, Act 3 Part 2 (end)
Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado Repeated Thursday 12 midnight

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Myung-Whun Chung
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Otello:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Desdemona:
Cheryl Studer (soprano)
lago:
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Fenton:
Danill Shtoda (tenor)
Nannetta:
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano)
Alice:
Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano)
Mistress Quickly:
Larissa Diadkova (mezzo)
Meg:
Stella Doufexis (contralto)
Falstaff:
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Bardolph:
Antony Mee (tenor)
Pistol:
Anatoli Kotscherga (baritone)
Ford:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Dr Caius:
Enrico Facini (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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