Falstaff

– The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.60 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 19 Minutes
Release Year:
1982
Falstaff (1982)

The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours of the costumes. The staging is effective--the complicated counterpoint of the ensembles is reflected in unobtrusive blocking that keeps the vocal lines clear and separate, especially in the final fugue. Bryn Terfel's Falstaff is a memorable creation, self-mocking and self-aggrandising at the same time--so much so, in fact, that he almost does not need the vast prosthetic body he has to wear for the part. Desiree Rancatore is an admirably sweet-toned Nanetta; Bernadette Manca di Nissa an appropriately sardonic Mistress Quickly; Roberto Frontali as Ford, in his Act 2 scena, perfectly distils and parodies every jealousy aria ever written, including Verdi's own. Haitink's conducting is exemplary in the lyrical passages, gets almost everything out of the fast and furious comic sections.

Producing Country:
UK
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Language:

Italian

Director:

Brian Large

Writer:

Arrigo Boito (libretto), William Shakespeare (plays)

Main Actors:

Renato Bruson, Leo Nucci, Dalmacio Gonzalez, Michael Sells

Plot:

The libretto (plot) is the substance of Shakespeare's comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. A trio of beautiful, and now revengeful ladies see Sir John Falstaff for what he is: an old, ...

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.6/10