Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)

This 2013 Salzburg Festival performance of Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdis late masterwork and crowning achievement, features conductor Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic. The staging thought up by Italian director Damiano Michieletto moves the action from a fictitious London to that special care home, the Casa Verdi, a place rich in memories of great days past and impressions of a real-time present. Ambrogio Maestri seems a tailor-made Falstaff. His physique is just right for the part, as are his powerful voice, flair for drama and feeling for the Verdi style. (New York Times)

• Release date
• July 29, 2013
• Runtime
• 132 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Karina Fibich

Cast

Ambrogio Maestri Sir John Falstaff Massimo Cavalletti Ford

F

Fiorenza Cedolins Mrs. Alice Ford Eleonora Buratto Nannetta

S

Stephanie Houtzeel Mrs. Meg Page

E

Elisabeth Kulman Mrs. Quickly Javier Camarena Fenton

L

Luca Casalin Dottor Cajus