فالستاف (اوپرا)

في عام 1893 ألف جوسپه ڤردي آخر اوپراته الكوميديا الغنائية فالستاف، مع ليبرتو من تأليف أريگو بويتو وهو مبني على رواية وليام شيكسپير زوجات ونزر المرحات، تلقى نجاحاً باهراً في عرضها الأول في مسرح لا سكالا في ميلانو.

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 الأدوار

Verdi directing the rehearsals of Falstaff

الدور	نوع الصوت	كاست العرض الأول ، 9 فبراير 1893 (بقيادة: Edoardo Mascheroni)
Sir John Falstaff, a fat knight	baritone	Victor Maurel
Ford, a wealthy man	baritone	Antonio Pini-Corsi
Alice Ford, his wife	soprano	Emma Zilli
Nannetta, their daughter	soprano	Adelina Stehle
Meg Page	mezzo-soprano	Virginia Guerrini
Mistress Quickly	contralto	Giuseppina Pasqua
Fenton, one of Nannetta's suitors	tenor	Edoardo Garbin
Dr Caius	tenor	Giovanni Paroli
Bardolfo, a follower of Falstaff	tenor	Paolo Pelagelli-Rossetti
Pistola, a follower of Falstaff	bass	Vittorio Arimondi
Mine Host of the Garter Inn	Silent	Attilio Pulcini
Robin, Falstaff's page	Silent

 الخلاصة

 العمل رقم 2

Engraving by Ettore Tito of Act II, Scene 2, from the original production. Ford and the servants creeps towards Fenton and Nannetta, who they think are Falstaff and Alice, behind the screen, while the women stifle Falstaff in the laundry basket.

 التسجيلات

العام	الكاست (Falstaff, Ford, Fenton, Mrs. Ford, Mistress Quickly)	بقيادة، دار الأوبرا والأوركسترا	الملصق
1932	Giacomo Rimini, Emilio Ghirardini, Roberto D'Alessio, Pia Tassinari, Aurora Buades	Lorenzo Molajoli, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Naxos Records Cat: 8.110198-99
1950	Giuseppe Valdengo, Frank Guarrera, Antonio Madasi, Herva Nelli, Cloe Elmo	Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra	Audio CD: RCA Cat: B00004R8ME
1957	Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, Luigi Alva, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Fedora Barbieri	Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: CDM 5 67083 2
1963	Sir Geraint Evans, Robert Merrill, Alfredo Kraus, Ilva Ligabue, Giulietta Simionato	Sir Georg Solti, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Decca Cat: B000787WWE
1966	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rolando Panerai, Juan Oncina, Ilva Ligabue, Regina Resnik	Leonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopernchor	Audio CD: CBS Masterworks Cat: 01-042535-10
1976	Donald Gramm, Benjamin Luxon, Max-René Cosotti Kay Griffel, Nucci Condò	Sir John Pritchard, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndbourne Chorus; Stage Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle	Video (DVD, NTSC) Arthaus Musik Cat: 101 083
1980	Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai, Francisco Araiza, Raina Kabaivanska, Christa Ludwig	Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Audio CD: Philips Cat: B00000E2SL
1982	Renato Bruson, Leo Nucci, Dalmacio Gonzalez, Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini Terrani	Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: B000001G4L
1992	Rolando Panerai, Marilyn Horne, Sharon Sweet, Alan Titus, Frank Lopardo	Sir Colin Davis, Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks	Audio CD: RCA Victor
2001	Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Danil Shtoda, Adrianne Pieczonka, Larissa Diadkova	Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: DGG Cat: 289 471 194-2

 المصادر

الهوامش

Cited sources

• Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed., 1954
• Hepokoski, James Arnold, Verdi Falstaff, Cambridge University Press, 1983, p. 130. ISBN 0521280168. Online at Books.Google.com.uk Retrieved 3 July 2011
• Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-140-29312-4
• Melnitz, Leo, The Opera Goer's Complete Guide, 1921 version.
• Steen, Michael, The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, Icon Books, 2003, p. 543. ISBN 1-84046-485-2. Online at Books.Google.com.uk

مصادر أخرى

• Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane, ‘’Verdi: A Biography’’, London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1993 ISBN 0193132044
• Werfel, Franz and Stefan, Paul, Verdi: The Man and His Letters, New York, Vienna House 1973 ISBN 0844300888

 وصلات خارجية

• Libretto – giuseppeverdi.it
• Detailed information on the key arias – aria-database.com
• Detailed Falstaff discography – operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
• San Diego OperaTalk! with Nick Reveles: Verdi's Falstaff – University of California Television (UCTV)