Opera - Falstaff
GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)
Falstaff
125:36
Comic opera in three acts
Libretto by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare's
The Merry Wives of Windsor
and
Henry IV
English translation by Amanda Holden
Act I
Scene 1 (16:53)
1
'Falstaff!'
5:07
Dr Caius, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol
2
'Your bill, sir'
3:12
Landlord, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol
3
'Are you acquainted with a merchant whose name is Ford?'
2:50
Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol
4
'So now, convey these scorching letters'
1:07
Falstaff, Pistol, Bardolph
5
'Your honour? Vermin!'
4:37
Falstaff
Scene 2 (15:50)
6
'Dear Alice!'
1:17
Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta
7
'''Heavenly Alice, let me love you . . .'''
2:36
Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta
8
'Monster!'
1:34
Quickly, Mag, Nannetta, Alice, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Pistol, Ford
9
'Again please'
1:32
Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly
10
'Pst, pst, Nannetta'
1:45
Fenton, Nannetta
11
'Falstaff has dared to mock me!'
1:31
Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Quickly
12
'Back to the jousting . . .'
2:27
Fenton, Nannetta
13
'You'll gather from his boasting'
1:37
Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Fenton
14
'Enough of this chattering'
1:32
Alice, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg
Act II
Scene 1 (25:13)
15
'We're converted, we've reverted'
1:07
Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff
16
'Sir, your servant!'
2:28
17
'I've another commission to bring your worship'
2:28
Quickly, Falstaff
18
'Alice is mine!'
1:20
Falstaff
19
'Sir John, outside there is a certain Master Brook'
0:40
Bardolph, Falstaff
20
'Good sir, may God be with you!'
3:07
Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol
21
'In Windsor there's a lady'
3:32
22
'This cruel beauty has a reputation'
3:39
Ford, Falstaff
23
'I'm dreaming! Or is this true?'
5:05
Ford
24
'How do I look? I'm ready'
1:47
Falstaff, Ford
Scene 2 (20:03)
25
'I think we should propose a bill'
0:40
Alice, Quickly, Meg
26
'I hurry down the river to the Garter'
1:07
Quickly
27
'It's really very simple'
2:14
Quickly, Meg, Alice, Quickly
28
'Witty young women of Windsor . . .'
1:50
Nannetta, Meg, Alice, Quickly
29
'At last I've caught you'
3:49
Falstaff, Alice
30
'When I was page to the noble Duke of York'
0:59
Falstaff, Alice, Quickly
31
'Mistress Alice, it's Mistress Meg'
1:00
Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Meg
32
'He jumped the hedge, and he trampled the hydrangea'
1:41
Quickly, Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Meg
33
'Come here!'
0:50
Nannetta, Fenton
34
'I'll kill him! I'll slaughter him!'
0:50
Dr Caius, Ford, Pistol, Bardolph, Nannetta, Fenton
35
'When I catch you . . .'
3:16
Ford, Dr Caius, Quickly, Meg, Bardolph, Pistol, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus, Alice
36
'It's not him!'
1:45
Dr Caius, Alice, Meg, Quickly, Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Chorus, Nannetta, Fenton
Act III
Scene 1 (17:00)
37
'Hey! Landlord!'
6:36
Falstaff
38
'Sir, your servant!'
3:19
Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Ford, Nannetta, Meg, Dr Caius
39
'Just as the chimes of midnight are resounding'
4:59
Quickly, Ford, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Fenton
40
'Don't forget the lanterns'
2:06
Alice, Ford, Dr Caius, Meg, Quickly, Nannetta
Scene 2 (30:07)
41
[Introduction]
1:16
42
'From lover's lips a happy song'
2:34
Fenton, Nannetta
43
'Master Fenton, put on this friar's habit'
0:56
Alice, Fenton, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg
44
'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven chimes'
3:13
Falstaff
45
'I hear a nimble footstep'
1:14
Falstaff, Alice, Meg
46
'Woon-nymphs, elfins, naiads, leprechauns and sirens'
1:56
Nannetta, Chorus, Falstaff, Alice
47
'Upon a fragrant breath of night'
4:25
Nannetta, Chorus
48
'Who goes there?'
0:57
Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff, Quickly, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Chorus, Ford
49
'Pinch him and burn him'
0:56
Alice, Meg, Quickly, Falstaff, Chorus
50
'Buffoon!'
2:08
Dr Caius, Ford, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Quickly, Meg, Chorus
51
'Nose incandescent! Nozzle rubescent!'
2:53
Falstaff, Quickly, Ford, Meg, Alice
52
'So the commonest rabble have collected'
1:22
Falstaff, Chorus, Ford
53
'Now the bride is approaching with her bridegroom'
1:11
Ford, Falstaff, Chorus, Alice
54
'Ha, ha!'
1:55
Falstaff, Pistol, Chorus, Dr Caius, Ford, Alice, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta
55
'Life is a burst of laughter'
3:11
Falstaff, All
Andrew Shore baritone - Sir John Falstaff
Yvonne Kenny soprano - Mrs Alice Ford
Ashley Holland baritone - Ford
Susan Gritton soprano - Nannetta
Barry Banks tenor - Fenton
Stuart Kale tenor - Dr Caius
Rebecca de Pont Davies mezzo-soprano - Mistress Quickly
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano - Mrs Meg Page
Clive Bayley bass - Pistol
Richard Roberts tenor - Bardolph
Paul Daniel
27 May-3 June 2001