Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Synopsis

Radio broadcast. Acts I and II of the opera. The Bavarian State Opera and Chorus is conducted by Roger Heger. Gottlob Frick is Falstaff.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

12 Jul 1964 at 17:00 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)

Duration

55 mins

Availability

Unknown

Credits

Writer

Hermann Saloman Mosenthal

Music

Otto Nicolai

Cast

Gottlob Frick	Sir John Falstaff
Gisella Litz	Mistress Margaret Page
Ruth-Margret Pütz	Mistress Alice Ford
Ernst Gutstein	Frank Ford
Carl Hoppe	Doctor Caius
Edith Mathis	Anne Page
Friedrich Lenz	Abraham Slender
Fritz Wunderlich	Fenton
Keith Engen	George Page

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)