Falstaff! (Dr Caius, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)
Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Stuart Kale, Andrew Shore, Clive Bayley
Verdi: Falstaff
Various Artists
Your bill, sir (Landlord, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)
Andrew Shore, English National Opera Chorus, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Clive Bayley, Paul Daniel
Are you acquainted with a merchant whose name is Ford? (Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)
Andrew Shore, Clive Bayley, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra
So now, convey these scorching letters (Falstaff, Pistol, Bardolph)
Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Clive Bayley, Andrew Shore
Dear Alice! (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta)
Paul Daniel, Susan Gritton, Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra
Heavenly Alice, let me love you … (Meg, Alice, Quickly, Nannetta)
Alice Coote, Susan Gritton, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra
Monster! (Quickly, Meg, Nannetta, Alice, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Pistol, Ford)
Susan Gritton, Alice Coote, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Stuart Kale, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Barry Banks, Ashley Holland, Clive Bayley
Again please (Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Alice, Meg, Quickly)
Susan Gritton, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Stuart Kale, Yvonne Kenny, Alice Coote
Pst, pst, Nannetta (Fenton, Nannetta)
Paul Daniel, Susan Gritton, Barry Banks, English National Opera Orchestra
Falstaff has dared to mock me! (Alice, Meg, Nannetta, Quickly)
Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra
Back to the jousting … (Fenton, Nannetta)
Susan Gritton, Barry Banks, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel
You'll gather from his boasting (Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Dr Caius, Fenton)
Ashley Holland, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, Stuart Kale, Clive Bayley, Alice Coote
Enough of this chattering (Alice, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg)
Alice Coote, Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton
We're converted, we've reverted (Bardolph, Pistol, Falstaff)
Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Clive Bayley
Sir, your servant! (Quickly, Falstaff)
Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel
I've another commission to bring your worship (Quickly, Falstaff)
Rebecca De Pont Davies, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Sir John, outside there is a certain Master Brook (Bardolph, Falstaff)
Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra
Good sir, may God be with you! (Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol)
Ashley Holland, Paul Daniel, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Clive Bayley
in Windsor there's a lady (Ford, Falstaff)
Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel
This cruel beauty has a reputation (Ford, Falstaff)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland
How do I look? I'm ready (Falstaff, Ford)
Ashley Holland, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra
I think we should propose a bill (Alice, Quickly, Meg)
Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny
I hurry down the river to the Garter (Quickly)
English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies
It's really very simple (Quickly, Meg, Alice)
Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
Witty young women of Windsor … (Nannetta, Meg, Alice, Quickly)
Susan Gritton, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
At last I've caught you (Falstaff, Alice)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Andrew Shore
When I was page to the noble Duke of York (Falstaff, Alice, Quickly)
English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny
Mistress Alice, it's Mistress Meg (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Meg)
Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote, Yvonne Kenny
He jumped the hedge, and he trampled the hydrangea (Quickly, Ford, Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Me
Alice Coote, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Ashley Holland, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel
Come here! (Nannetta, Fenton)
Barry Banks, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra
I'll kill him! I'll slaughter him! (Dr Caius, Ford, Pistol, Bardolph, Nannetta, Fenton)
Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Clive Bayley, Ashley Holland, Stuart Kale
When I catch you … (Ford, Dr Caius, Quickly, Meg, Bardolph, Pistol, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus, Alice)
Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, Ashley Holland, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Stuart Kale, Barry Banks, Clive Bayley
It's not him! (Dr Caius, Alice, Meg, Quickly, Bardolph, Ford, Pistol, Chorus, Nannetta, Fenton)
Susan Gritton, Stuart Kale, Clive Bayley, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Barry Banks, Ashley Holland, Paul Daniel
Sir, your servant! (Quickly, Falstaff, Alice, Ford, Nannetta, Meg, Dr Caius)
Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland, English National Opera Orchestra, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Stuart Kale, Yvonne Kenny
Just as the chimes of midnight are resounding (Quickly, Ford, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Fenton)
Rebecca De Pont Davies, Ashley Holland, Alice Coote, Barry Banks, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
Don't forget the lanterns (Alice, Ford, Dr Caius, Meg, Quickly, Nannetta)
Rebecca De Pont Davies, Paul Daniel, Alice Coote, Stuart Kale, Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland
From lover's lips a happy song (Fenton, Nannetta)
Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, Barry Banks, English National Opera Orchestra
Master Fenton, put on this friar's habit (Alice, Fenton, Nannetta, Quickly, Meg)
Barry Banks, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel, Susan Gritton, Rebecca De Pont Davies, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven chimes (Falstaff)
Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel
I hear a nimble footstep (Falstaff, Alice, Meg)
Andrew Shore, Alice Coote, Paul Daniel, Yvonne Kenny, English National Opera Orchestra
Woon-nymphs, elfins, naiads, leprechauns and sirens (Nannetta, Falstaff, Alice, Chorus)
Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, English National Opera Chorus, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra
Upon a fragrant breath of night (Nannetta, Chorus)
Susan Gritton, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Chorus
Who goes there? (Falstaff, Bardolph, Pistol, Ford, Quickly, Alice, Nannetta, Meg, Chorus)
Ashley Holland, Andrew Shore, Paul Daniel, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Clive Bayley, Yvonne Kenny
Pinch him and burn him (Alice, Meg, Quickly, Falstaff, Chorus)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Alice Coote, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Chorus, Yvonne Kenny
Buffoon! (Dr Caius, Ford, Bardolph, Pistol, Alice, Quickly, Meg, Chorus)
Richard Roberts, English National Opera Orchestra, Rebecca De Pont Davies, Yvonne Kenny, Paul Daniel, Ashley Holland, Alice Coote, Clive Bayley
Nose incandescent! Nozzle rubescent! (Falstaff, Quickly, Ford, Meg, Alice)
Rebecca De Pont Davies, Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland, Paul Daniel, Alice Coote, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
So the commonest rabble have collected (Falstaff, Ford, Chorus)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra, Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland
Now the bride is approaching with her bridegroom (Ford, Falstaff, Alice, Chorus)
Ashley Holland, English National Opera Chorus, Paul Daniel, Andrew Shore, English National Opera Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
Ha, ha! (Falstaff, Pistol, Dr Caius, Ford, Alice, Bardolph, Fenton, Nannetta, Chorus)
Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Ashley Holland, Andrew Shore, Susan Gritton, Barry Banks, Stuart Kale, Yvonne Kenny
Life is a burst of laughter (Falstaff, All)
Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland, Susan Gritton, Paul Daniel, English National Opera Orchestra, Barry Banks, Stuart Kale, Yvonne Kenny
Production
- Brian CouzensProducer
- Jonathan CooperEditing Engineer
- Christopher BrookeAssistant Engineer
- Donald CooperCover Photography
- Bill CooperPhotography
- Catherine AshmorePhotography
- Robert WorkmanPhotography
- Alan BlythLiner Notes
- Clive BardaPhotography
- SnowdonPhotography
- Kara ReedBooklet Editor
- Sean ColemanGraphic Design
- Billy RaffertyPhotography