| Description |
2 audio discs (126 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (264 pages ; 13 x 15 cm) |
| Playing Time |
020550 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Opera in 2 acts; libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Merry wives of Windsor and King Henry IV. |
| Performer |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone (Sir John Falstaff) ; Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano (Mistress Quickly) ; Ilva Ligabue, soprano (Mistress Alice Ford) ; Rolando Panerai, baritone (Ford) ; Graziella Sciutti, soprano (Nannetta) ; Juan Oncina, tenor (Fenton) ; Hilde Rössel-Majdan, mezzo-soprano (Mistress Meg Page) ; Gerhard Stolze, tenor (Dr. Caius) ; Murray Dickie, tenor (Bardolph) ; Erich Kunz, bass (Pistol) ; Choir of the Vienna State Opera ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1966 Sofiensaal, Vienna. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Francis Toye in English with French translation, additional notes in German, synopsis in English, French, and German, and libretto with English, French and German translations (264 pages) laid in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian. |
| Subject |
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918, librettist.
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Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012, singer.
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Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013, singer.
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Ligabue, Ilva, singer.
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Panerai, Rolando, singer.
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Sciutti, Graziella, singer.
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Oncina, Juan, 1925-2009, singer.
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Rössl-Majdan, Hilde, singer.
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Stolze, Gerhard, singer.
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Dickie, Murray, 1924-1995, singer.
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Kunz, Erich, 1909-1995, singer.
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Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, conductor.
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Toye, Francis, 1883-1964, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Merry wives of Windsor.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
King Henry IV.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Falstaff.
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Container of (work): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Falstaff.
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Container of (expression): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Falstaff. English.
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Container of (expression): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Falstaff. French.
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Container of (expression): Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
Falstaff. German.
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Wiener Philharmoniker, instrumentalist.
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Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, singer.
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| Standard No. |
074644253528 (label on outer container) |
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5099704253527 (inner container) |
| Music No. |
M2K 42535 CBS Masterworks |
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