Verdi - Falstaff / Royal Opera House

The spectacular opening production of London's newly restored Royal Opera House, first broadcast live on BBC television in December 1999, brings a riot of color to Verdi's great Shakespearean masterpiece.

Bryn Terfel as Sir John Falstaff and Barbara Frittoli as Alice Ford lead a star cast with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House under the direction of Bernard Haitink, in a spectacular new production by Graham Vick.

Sung in Italian, with English subtitles

Sir John Falstaff: Bryn Terfel
Ford: Roberto Frontali
Fenton: Kenneth Tarver
Dr Caius: Robin Leggate
Bardolph: Peter Hoare
Pistol: Gwynne Howell
Alice Ford: Barbara Frittoli
Nannetta: Desir©e Rancatore
Mistress Quickly: Bernadette Manca di Nissa
Meg Page: Diana Montague
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Director: Graham Vick
Designs: Paul Brown

Bryn Terfel appears in Falstaff; recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado