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Falstaff

Synopsis
Radio broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. The Metropolitan Opera and Chorus is conducted by James Levine. Bryn Terfel is Falstaff.
Series
Live from the Met
Language
English
Country
Great Britain; United States
Medium
Radio
Transmission details
6 Apr 2002 at 19:30 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration
195 (including 50 min total intervals)

Credits

Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Cast
Bryn TerfelSir John Falstaff
Susanne MentzerMistress Margaret Page
Marina MeschererlakovaMistress Alice Ford
Stephanie BlythMistress Quickly
Dwayne CroftFrank Ford
Camilla TillingNannetta (Anne Page)
Gregory TurayFenton

Additional Details

Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY
Theatre company
New York Metropolitan Opera
Production type
Operas and Musicals
Plays
Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Subjects
Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
In the TWENTY MINUTES interval programme, broadcast between Acts I & II, American scholar Harold Bloom talks to Julian Evans about the character of Falstaff (see separate entry). DVD extras include the plot summary broadcast by the BBC, interviews with Bryn Terfel, Bernard Haitink and Graham Vick, and a news feature about the extensive renovations to the stage machinery of the Royal Opera House which was originally broadcast by the BBC prior to the house’s reopening in Dec. 1999.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Name

Metropolitan Opera Association

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

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