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Verdi: Falstaff (2001)
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Anna Caterina Antonacci,
Barbara Frittoli,
Ambrogio Maestri,
Juan Diego Florez,
Roberto Frontali
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Ruggero Cappuccio,
Pierre Cavassilas,
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Music
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Naxos
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Subtitles: |
English,Spanish,French,Italian,German
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Length: |
125 mins
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The present recording was made at a performance in Busseto, Verdi's birthplace, in the Emilia Romagna region. There, in 2001, a whole series of events marked the 100th anniversary of the composer's death. The small, 328 seat Teatro Verdi, built in Verdi's lifetime, provided the ensemble of La Scala, Milan, under its principal conductor Riccardo Muti, with a particularly captivating backdrop, and the mainly young singers-including 31 year old shooting star Ambrogio Maestri in the title role, exciting young | | |
