- Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901): Falstaff, Act I:
- 1Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 1: Falstaff! (Live)04:48
- 2Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 1: Sei polli, sei scellini (Live)02:43
- 3Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 1: Ma è tempo d'assottigliar l'ingegno (Live)03:44
- 4Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 1: L'onore! Ladri! (Live)04:15
- 5Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 2: Alice (Live)01:20
- 6Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 2: Fulgida Alice! Amor t'offro (Live)02:38
- 7Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 2: Mostro! (Live)02:59
- 8Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 2: Pst, pst, Nannetta! (Live)01:52
- 9Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 2: Falstaff m'ha canzonata (Live)04:05
- 10Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 2: Udrai quant'egli sfoggia (Live)00:53
- 11Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 2: Messer Ford, un infortunio marital (Live)00:48
- 12Verdi: Falstaff, Act I Pt. 2: Qui più non si vagoli (Live)01:29
- Falstaff, Act II:
- 13Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 1: Siam pentiti e contriti (Live)06:16
- 14Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 1: Alice è mia! Va, vecchio John (Live)01:41
- 15Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 1: Signore, v'assista il cielo! (Live)02:52
- 16Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 1: C'è a Windsor, una dama (Live)06:56
- 17Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 1: È sogno o realtà? (Live)04:32
- 18Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 1: Eccomi qua. Son pronto (Live)01:53
- 19Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Presenteremo un bill (Live)00:39
- 20Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Giunta all'Albergo della Giarrettiera (Live)03:26
- 21Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Gaie comari di Windsor (Live)01:42
- 22Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Alfin t'ho colto, raggiante fior (Live)03:26
- 23Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Quando'ero paggio del duca di Norfolk (Live)00:55
- 24Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Signora Alice! (Live)02:47
- 25Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Vien qua (Live)00:46
- 26Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Al ladro! (Live)00:45
- 27Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: C'è. C'è. Se t'agguanto! (Live)03:19
- 28Verdi: Falstaff, Act II Pt. 2: Non è lui! (Live)01:50
- Falstaff, Act III:
- 29Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 1: Ehi taverniere! (Live)04:27
- 30Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 1: Mettiamo un po' di vino (Live)01:40
- 31Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 1: Reverenza. La bella Alice (Live)03:19
- 32Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 1: Quando il rintocco della mezzanotte (Live)02:24
- 33Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 1: Brava! Quelle corna (Live)02:34
- 34Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 1: Non dubitar, tu sposerai mia figlia (Live)02:14
- 35Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 2: Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola (Live)05:03
- 36Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 2: Una, due, tre, quattro, cinque, sei, sette botte (Live)03:42
- 37Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 2: Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi! (Live)02:02
- 38Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 2: Sul fil d'un soffio etesio (Live)04:11
- 39Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 2: Alto là! (Live)03:36
- 40Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 2: Nitro! Catrame e solfo! (Live)03:35
- 41Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 2: Già s'avanza la coppia degli sposi (Live)02:48
- 42Verdi: Falstaff, Act III Pt. 2: Tutto nel mondo è burla (Live)03:19
Info for Verdi: Falstaff (Live)
Giuseppe Verdi was keen to write a comedy towards the end of his career, and Falstaff, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, was to be his final opera. It is considered the most perfect and enigmatic opera Verdi ever composed. The orchestral textures are light and flexible, the farcical action fast-paced, and the popular character of Sir John Falstaff is complex, cynical and comical in both his attempts at trickery and his humiliation. This acclaimed Liege production staged by Stefano Poda’s was described as ‘enchanting’ by ClassicsToday.
Ruggero Raimondi, bass-baritone
Luca Salsi, baritone
Virginia Tola, soprano
Sabina Puertolas, soprano
Cinzia De Mola, mezzo-soprano
Opera Royal de Wallonie Orchestra
Paolo Arrivabeni, conductor
Ruggero Raimondi
Talking about Ruggero Raimondi does not only mean speaking of one of the greatest singers of recent times, but also about an artist, in the broadest sense of the word. In fact he has succeeded in making opera history thanks to his memorable interpretations of diverse characters such as Don Quichotte, Filippo II, Boris Godunov, Don Giovanni, Falstaff, Scarpia, Don Basilio, the Count and Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Méphistophélès, Attila and Iago. The Bolognaise bass has not only moved from the stage to television, such as in Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore by Maurice Béjart and in Tosca nei luoghi e nelle ore di Tosca, but he has also performed on the big screen in productions such as Don Giovanni directed by Joseph Losey, Carmen directed by Francesco Rosi and Boris Godunov directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Moreover he has recorded almost all of the roles in his bass-baritone repertoire on disc. Ruggero Raimondi can therefore be regarded as one of the true beacons of opera over the last four decades.