The DVD version (for United States and Canada) of a 2001 performance of Verdi's Falstaff with Juan Diego Fl�rez as Fenton and Barbara Frittoli as Alice was released on November 18, 2003, and can be ordered from amazon.com. The performance, at the small Teatro Verdi in Busseto, Italy, featured sets and costumes recreated from a performance of 1913.
1982 production at the
Salzburg festival with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
The cast includes Giuseppe Taddei (Sir John Falstaff), Raina Kabaivanska (Alice
Ford), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), and Christa Ludwig
(Quickly).
Performers: Nicola Zaccaria, Tomaso Spataro,
Nan Merriman, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi,
Rolando Panerai, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Fedora Barbieri,
Renato Ercolani
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra,
Philharmonia Chorus
Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Mono
Length: 2 Hours 0 Mins.
Performers: Paolo Silveri, Anna Maria
Canali, Silvio Maionica, Alda Noni, Cloe Elmo,
Giuseppe Nessi, Mariano Caruso, Renata Tebaldi, Mariano Stabile, Cesare
Valletti
Conductor: Victor De Sabata
Orchestra/Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Mono
Length: 1 Hours 59 Mins.
Performers: Clive Bayley, Andrew Shore,
Ashley Holland, Stuart Kale, Barry Banks,
Rebecca De Pont Davies, Richard Roberts, Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote,
Susan Gritton
Conductor: Paul Daniel
Orchestra/Ensemble: English National Opera
Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus
Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 2 Hours 6 Mins.