Opera in three acts byVerdi Libretto by ARRIGO BOlTO after SHAKESPEARE
(sung in Italian: records)
ROBERT SHAW CHORALE
NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ARTURO TOSCANINI
4.30* For My Own Amusement
DR PIERLUIGI PETROBELLI , Lecturer in Music at King's College, University of London, considers the phrase with which the aged Verdi described the composition of Falstaff.
4.50* Falstaff, Act 2
5.40* Music for the Italians Two 19th-century views by Berlioz and Wagner Read by GARY WATSON and HARVEY HALL
5.55* Falstaff, Act 3