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14/12/2013

Verdi 200 - Falstaff

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Live from the Met, Verdi 200 - Falstaff

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, James Levine conducts Verdi's opera Falstaff

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, James Levine conducts Verdi's late, great comic opera Falstaff, featuring Ambrogio Maestri in the title role.

Verdi 200: Tonight's Live from the Met is Verdi's late, great comedy, Falstaff. Ambrogio Maestri sings the role of the hapless Falstaff in his attempts to seduce Alice Ford and Meg Page. When they receive identical love letters, they decide to make sure the last laugh is on him. After much double-crossing and disguising, Falstaff ends up humiliated in a laundry basket in the Thames.

Presented by Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff.

Nannetta.....Lisette Oropesa (soprano)
Alice.....Angela Meade (soprano)
Mrs. Quickly.....Stephanie Blythe (contralto)
Meg Page.....Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano)
Fenton.....Paolo Fanale (tenor)
Falstaff.....Ambrogio Maestri (baritone)
Ford.....Franco Vassallo (baritone)
Dr Caius.....Carlo Bosi (tenor)
Bardolfo.....Kieth Jameson (tenor)
Pistola.....Christian Van Horn (bass baritone)

Chorus and Orchestra of The Metropolitan Opera, New York
Conducted by James Levine.

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