Organization

Conductor

Lawrence Foster

Singer

Baritone

Lester Lynch

Sir John Falstaff

Jean-Sébastien Bou

Ford

Soprano

Melody Moore

Mrs. Alice Ford

Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk

Nannette

Tenor

Karol Kozłowski

Fenton

Contralto

Nadine Weissmann

Mrs. Quickly

Mezzo-soprano

Mirouslava Yordanova

Mrs. Meg Page

Johannes Strauß

Doctor Caius

Bass

Karol Skwara

Pistol

Piotr Kalina

Bardolph

Chorus master

Anna Szostak

Andrzej Zawisza

Orchestra

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Others

Chór Polskiego Radia

Camerata Silesia

NOSPR / Lawrence Foster / Verdi - Falstaff

Katowice

Poland

NOSPR

NOSPR / Lawrence Foster / Verdi - Falstaff: Falstaff Verdi

Public

Falstaff

Approved

The last opera by Giuseppe Verdi is a sumptuous musical comedy. The libretto, based on motifs from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, presents the story of a gruff old sybaritic nobleman embroiled in intricate plots of love and jealousy. Sir John Falstaff gets as much out of life as he can. Verdi brought all his theatrical experience to this tale, adhering to the tradition of Italian opera buffa. Every now and then the music brings to mind the sparkling humour of operas by Mozart and Rossini. Opera connoisseurs will also find here Verdi’s dialogue with his own oeuvre. The composer of Falstaff identified with the titular hero. In the finale of his phenomenal score, we hear the message that the whole world is but a joke. Will we believe the old Italian master?

English

NOSPR / Lawrence Foster / Verdi - Falstaff by Verdi, From (2023/2023), Conductor Lawrence Foster, NOSPR, Katowice, Poland

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