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Title: Verdi, Giuseppe - Falstaff
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 1
Release Date: 08/03/2010
Actors: Christopher Purves, Jennifer Holloway, Marie-Nicole Lemeiux, Peter Hoare, Vladimir Jurowski
Director: Richard Jones, Vladimir Jurowski, Giuseppe Verdi
Audio Language: Italian
Runtime: 2 hours and 16 minutes
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Studio: Opus Arte
Subtitle Language: English
Description: DESCRIPCIÓN DEL PRODUCTO
The inspirational Vladimir Jurowski conducts Verdi's last opera, his only true comic opera. An international cast is led by Christopher Purves in the larger-than-life role of the corpulent Falstaff, whose profligacy both outrages and inspires the citizens of Windsor. Richard Jones's production brings out the humour, bitterness and anger - mixed with tenderness and wisdom - embodied in the Shakespeare plays on which the libretto is based. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound.

Press Reviews



"Some of Glyndebourne's more entrenched punters took umbrage at Richard Jones's updating of Falstaff to a 1940s Ealing-comedy Windsor. Most, though, as you can hear throughout this film, roared at the gags in a production so sharply coordinated with the music." (BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★)

"In the pit, Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic hone their reflexes so that the instrumental guffaw, exclamation, explosive flourish leaps out at you. It's exciting and detailed and rhythmically so alive." (The Independent)

"The cast is uniformly excellent...Jurowski conducts so as to bring out all the score's energy and wit without forcing the pace or underlining the jokes." (Gramophone)

Cast
Christopher Purves (Falstaff)
Tassis Christoyannis (Ford)
Dina Kuznetsova (Mrs Ford)
Marie-Nicolre Lemieux (Mistress Quickly)
Jennifer Holloway (Mrs Page)
Bulent Bezduz (Fenton)

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski

Stage Director: Richard Jones

Catalogue Number: OA1021D
Date of Performance: 2009
Running Time: 136 minutes
Sound: 2.0 PCM & 5.1 DTS
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT
Label: Opus Art

DVDs ARE REGION 2 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

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