Act I: Falstaff! Ola! (Dr. Cajus, Falstaff)

Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Cloe Elmo, Martha Lipton, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe Valdengo, Fritz Reiner, Regina Resnik

4:47

Act I: Sei polli: sei scellini (Falstaff)

Martha Lipton, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Regina Resnik, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe Valdengo, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner

2:52

Act I: Ma e tempo d' assottigliar l'ingegno (Falstaff)

Licia Albenese, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Martha Lipton, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo, Regina Resnik

3:54

Act I: Ehi! paggio! … L' onore! Ladri! (Falstaff)

Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Licia Albenese, Fritz Reiner, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo, Cloe Elmo, Martha Lipton, Regina Resnik

4:17

Act I: Alice. Meg. Nannetta (Meg, Alice)

Giuseppe Valdengo, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Martha Lipton, Licia Albenese, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Regina Resnik

1:15

Act I: Fulgida Alice! amor t' offro (Meg, Alice)

Martha Lipton, Giuseppe Valdengo, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo, Regina Resnik

3:55

Act I: Ripeti. In due parole (Pistola)

Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Regina Resnik, Fritz Reiner, Giuseppe Valdengo, Martha Lipton, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Licia Albenese, Cloe Elmo

1:16

Act I: Psst, psst, Nannetta. Vien qua (Fenton, Nannetta)

Licia Albenese, Giuseppe Valdengo, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Martha Lipton, Regina Resnik, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner

5:01

Act I: Udrai quanta egli sfoggia (Bardolfo)

Martha Lipton, Regina Resnik, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Licia Albenese, Fritz Reiner, Giuseppe Valdengo, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cloe Elmo

2:57

Act II: Siam pentiti e contriti (Bardolfo, Pistola)

Licia Albenese, Fritz Reiner, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Martha Lipton, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo, Cloe Elmo, Regina Resnik

6:06

Act II: Alice e mia! (Falstaff)

Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Martha Lipton, Giuseppe Valdengo, Fritz Reiner, Licia Albenese, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cloe Elmo, Regina Resnik

1:54

Act II: Signore, v' assista il cielo! (Ford)

Licia Albenese, Martha Lipton, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giuseppe Valdengo, Regina Resnik, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo

2:42

Act II: C'e a Windsor una dama (Ford)

Licia Albenese, Martha Lipton, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo, Fritz Reiner, Regina Resnik, Cloe Elmo

7:05

Act II: E sogno? o realita? (Ford)

Licia Albenese, Regina Resnik, Martha Lipton, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo

6:27

Act II: Presenteremo un bill (Alice, Quickly)

Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Martha Lipton, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giuseppe Valdengo, Regina Resnik

3:55

Act II: Fra poco s' incomincia la commedia (Alice)

Martha Lipton, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo, Licia Albenese, Regina Resnik

1:42

Act II: Alfin t' ho colto, raggiante fior (Falstaff)

Giuseppe Valdengo, Licia Albenese, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Martha Lipton, Regina Resnik, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner

3:26

Act II: Quand' ero paggio (Falstaff)

Martha Lipton, Giuseppe Valdengo, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Regina Resnik, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo

3:40

Act II: Vien qua. Che chiasso! (Nannetta, Fenton)

Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Licia Albenese, Martha Lipton, Regina Resnik, Giuseppe Valdengo, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner

1:31

Act III: Ehi! Taverniere! (Falstaff)

Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Martha Lipton, Giuseppe Valdengo, Regina Resnik, Licia Albenese, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner

6:26

Act III: Reverenza. La bella Alice (Quickly)

Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe Valdengo, Martha Lipton, Regina Resnik

4:47

Act III: T' aspettero nel parco real (Ford)

Giuseppe Valdengo, Regina Resnik, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Martha Lipton, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Licia Albenese, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner

4:25

Act III: Dal labbro il canto (Fenton)

Licia Albenese, Martha Lipton, Giuseppe Valdengo, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Regina Resnik, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo

4:49

Act III: Una, due, tre … (Falstaff)

Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Martha Lipton, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe Valdengo, Cloe Elmo, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Fritz Reiner, Regina Resnik

3:27

Act III: Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi! (Nannetta, La Regina delle fate)

Martha Lipton, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo, Licia Albenese, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Regina Resnik, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo

5:08

Act III: Alto la! Chi va la? Pieta! (Bardolfo, Alice, Meg, Quickly)

Regina Resnik, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo, Martha Lipton, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner

6:29

Act III: Ogni sorta di gente (Falstaff)

Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giuseppe Valdengo, Martha Lipton, Regina Resnik, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Licia Albenese, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo

4:07

Act III: Facciamo il parentado … Tutto nel mundo e burla (Tutti)

Licia Albenese, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Giuseppe Valdengo, Regina Resnik, Leonard Warren, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Martha Lipton, Cloe Elmo, Fritz Reiner

3:10

Verdi, G.: Falstaff [Opera] (Reiner) (1949)

Giuseppe Valdengo, Martha Lipton, Licia Albenese, Giuseppe di Stefano, Lorenzo Alvarez, Leonard Warren, Regina Resnik, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Fritz Reiner, Cloe Elmo

Giuseppe Verdi

Composer
Arrigo Boito

Composer
Giuseppe Valdengo

Baritone
Martha Lipton

Mezzo-Soprano
Giuseppe di Stefano

Tenor

Falstaff

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