This is a discography of Giuseppe Verdi's last opera, Falstaff. It was first performed at La Scala, Milan, on 9 February 1893.
Recordings YearFalstaffFordFentonAlice FordNannettaMistress QuicklyConductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings (1932 to 2001) on operadis-opera-discographyorguk1932Giacomo RiminiEmilio GhirardiniRoberto D'AlessioPia Tassinari Ines Alfani-TelliniAurora BuadesLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra & chorusCD: Naxos RecordsCat: 8110198–991937Mariano StabileDino BorgioliPiero BiasiniAlfredo TedeschiGiuseppe NessiVirgilio LazzariFranca SomigliAugusta OltrabellaMita VasariAngelica CravcencoArturo ToscaniniWiener StaatsoperWiener PhilharmonikerCD: BongiovanniCat: GB 1137/38-2CD: Arkadia RecordsCat: HP 625.21950Giuseppe ValdengoFrank GuarreraAntonio MadasiHerva NelliTeresa Stich-RandallCloe ElmoArturo ToscaniniNBC Symphony OrchestraRobert Shaw Chorale(recorded at Carnegie Hall)Hepokoski, p. 176CD: RCACat: B00004R8ME1956Tito GobbiRolando PaneraiLuigi AlvaElisabeth SchwarzkopfAnna MoffoFedora BarbieriHerbert von KarajanPhilharmonia OrchestraPhilharmonia ChorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: CDM 5 67083 21963Geraint EvansRobert MerrillAlfredo KrausIlva LigabueMirella FreniGiulietta SimionatoGeorg SoltiTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra & chorusCD: DeccaCat: B000787WWE1966Dietrich Fischer-DieskauRolando PaneraiJuan OncinaIlva LigabueGraziella SciuttiRegina ResnikLeonard BernsteinVienna PhilharmonicVienna State Opera chorus CD: CBS MasterworksCat: 01–042535–101976Donald GrammBenjamin LuxonMax-René CosottiKay GriffelElizabeth GaleNucci CondòSir John PritchardLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGlyndebourne chorus(recorded at Glyndebourne Festival)DVD/VHS: Arthaus MusikCat: 101 0831980Giuseppe TaddeiRolando PaneraiFrancisco AraizaRaina KabaivanskaJanet Perry Christa LudwigHerbert von KarajanVienna PhilharmonicVienna State Opera chorus CD: PhilipsCat: B00000E2SL1982Renato BrusonLeo NucciDalmacio GonzalezKatia RicciarelliBarbara HendricksLucia Valentini TerraniCarlo Maria GiuliniLos Angeles PhilharmonicLos Angeles Master choraleCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: B000001G4L1991Rolando PaneraiAlan TitusFrank LopardoSharon SweetJulie KaufmannMarilyn HorneColin DavisBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & chorusCD: RCA VictorCat: 09026 60705–21996Domenico TrimarchiRoberto ServileMaurizio ComenciniJulia FaulknerDilber Yunus Anna Maria di MiccoWill HumburgHungarian State Opera orchestra & chorusCD: NaxosCat: 8660050–11998Jean-Philippe LafontAnthony Michaels-MooreAntonello PalombiHillevi MartinpeltoRebecca EvansSara MingardoSir John Eliot GardinerOrchestre Révolutionnaire et RomantiqueMonteverdi ChoirCD: PhillipsCat: 462 603–22001Andrew ShoreAshley HollandBarry BanksYvonne KennySusan GrittonRebecca de Pont DaviesPaul DanielEnglish National Opera orchestra & chorus(sung in English)CD: ChandosCat:Chandos 3079Bryn TerfelThomas HampsonDanil ShtodaAdrianne PieczonkaDorothea RöschmannLarissa DiadkovaClaudio AbbadoBerlin PhilharmonicBerliner RundfunkchorCD: DGGCat: 289 471 194–22004Michele PertusiCarlos ÁlvarezBülent BezdüzAna IbarraMaria Josè MorenoJane HenschelColin DavisLondon Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony ChorusCD: LSO LiveCat:LSO00552009Christopher PurvesTassis ChristoyannisBülent BezdüzDina KuznetsovaAdriana KučerováMarie-Nicole LemieuxVladimir JurowskiLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGlyndebourne chorus(recorded at Glyndebourne Festival)DVD: Opus ArteCat: OA 1021 D2020Roberto De Candia, Simone Piazzola,Joel Prieto,Rebecca Evans, Ruth Iniesta, Daniela BarcellonaDaniele RustioniOrchestra and chorus of Teatro Real Laurent Pelly, stage directorDVD: Bel Air Classiques Cat:BAC177
The "Operadis" discography lists more than seventy other recordings, made at live performances. They include those conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham at the Metropolitan Opera in 1944 with Leonard Warren in the title role;"Conductor: Thomas Beecham", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 Fritz Reiner with Warren at the Met (1948);"Conductor: Fritz Reiner", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 Victor de Sabata with Mariano Stabile at La Scala (1951);"Conductor: Victor de Sabata", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 Karajan and Gobbi at the Salzburg Festival (1957);"Conductor: Herbert von Karajan", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 Tullio Serafin with Gobbi at the Chicago Lyric Opera (1958);"Conductor: Tullio Serafin", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 Lorin Maazel and Walter Berry at the Vienna State Opera (1983);"Conductor: Lorin Maazel", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 James Levine and Paul Plishka at the Met (1992);"Conductor: James Levine", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 Riccardo Muti and Juan Pons at La Scala (1993);"Conductor: Riccardo Muti", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 Solti and José van Dam in Berlin (1993);"Conductor: Georg Solti", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015 and Zubin Mehta and Ruggero Raimondi at the Teatro Comunale, Florence (2006)."Conductor: Zubin Mehta", Operadis, retrieved 28 May 2015
In October 1978 Solti conducted the soundtrack for Götz Friedrich's 1979 film of Falstaff. The recording, made by Decca in the Sofiensaal. Vienna, with the Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, featured Gabriel Bacquier as Falstaff, Richard Stilwell as Ford, Max-René Cosotti as Fenton, Karan Armstrong as Alice Ford, Jutta-Renate Ihloff as Nanetta and Márta Szirmay as Mistress Quickly.Stuart, Philip. Decca Classical, 1929–2009, retrieved 28 May 2015
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External links Detailed Falstaff discography – operadis-opera-discography.org.uk