VERDI: Falstaff (Teatro Verdi di Busseto, 2001) (NTSC)

Giuseppe Verdi
FALSTAFF

Ambrogio Maestri • Juan Diego Flórez
Barbara Frittoli • Roberto Frontali
Ernesto Gavazzi

Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti, conductor

Ruggero Cappuccio, stage director
Carlo Poggioli, costumes

Recorded live at the Teatro Verdi, Busseto, 10 April 2001

Picture format: NTSC • 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 118 mins
No. of DVDs: 1

• This Falstaff performance constituted the high point of the impressive 100th anniversary celebrations of the composer's death
  
  
• The present recording was made in Busseto, Verdi's birthplace, in the small, 328-seat Teatro Verdi, provided the ensemble of La Scala, Milan, under its principal conductor Riccardo Muti, with a particularly captivating backdrop
  
  
• Singers including shooting star Ambrogio Maestri in the title role, exciting young tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Fenton and internationally acclaimed Barbara Frittoli as Alice – gave superb performances
  
  
• The special appeal of this production lies not only in the excellent quality of the music; there is also the fact that the scenery and costumes were recreated from a historical performance of 1913
  
  
• The lively and witty direction of the young Italian Ruggero Cappuccio combines the historical backdrop with the vitality of modern direction.