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1 Online-Ressource (1 video file 2 hr., 14 min., 8 sec.)
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sound, color
Uniform Title:
Falstaff
Content:
"The whole world is a jest, man was born a great jester ..." So goes the brilliant conclusion to Verdi's Falstaff, an opera inspired by Shakespeare's beloved comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor. The virtuosic score requires a particularly talented cast, not to mention a truly exceptional conductor. Herbert von Karajan perfectly fits the bill, and this performance featuring the Wiener Philharmoniker and an all-star group of singers is clearly worthy of Verdi's powerful work, a masterpiece whose comic facade thinly veils the complex and sometimes even tragic characters' struggles
Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991
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Based on characters from William Shakespeare's Henry IV and The merry wives of Windsor
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Falstaff /
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Sung in Italian
Language:
Undetermined
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