Falstaff_(Balfe)

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Falstaff (Balfe)

1838 opera by Michael William Balfe with libretto by Manfredo Maggioni

Falstaff is an Italian-language opera by Michael William Balfe, written to a libretto by Manfredo Maggioni, given at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 19 July 1838.[1]

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Recordings

  • Falstaff Marcel Vanaud (Falstaff), Majella Cullagh (Mistress Ford), Sam McElroy (Ford), Barry Banks (Fenton) RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conducted by Marco Zambelli, in association with Opera Ireland for RTÉ
  • Céline Frigau Manning: Le Falstaff de Manfredo Maggioni et Michael Balfe : façonner un opéra italien pour le public anglais. Revue LISA, December 2011 doi:10.4000/lisa.4351

References

  1. [1]
    Dan H. Marek, Giovanni Battista Rubini and the Bel Canto Tenors: History and Technique, Lanham MD, Scarecrow, 2013, ISBN 0810886685: "After a performance of La prova d'una opera seria, on July 19, 1838, came the last premiere of Rubini's career, that of Fenton in Michael Balfe's Falstaff. It was the fiftieth role creation for the forty-four-year-old tenor. Balfe was the most popular “British” opera composer of the nineteenth century."
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