Customer Reviews
Falstaff - Guiseppe Verdi - By: Dennis Bailey, 17 Jul 2004 
Although this is quite a small production on a small stage, the staging, sets & musical performances cannot be faulted. It is a joy from beginning to end. The singers although young blend together beautifully. Juan Diego Florez not only sings Fenton like a dream but looks & acts with the desired impetuosity - & he's handsome to boot!! Allin all, not to be missed.
Brilliant - By: Mr G Funnell, 04 Feb 2003 A performance which encapsulates the music of Verdi & his desire to project the feeling of Shakespeare. This "reduced" version provides us with a swift moving & clear idea of what Verdi was after. One can well understand why Toscanini was so moved by his chance to play this, the last of Verdi's operas,in Verdi's birthplace as a tribute to the composer he so much adored. Brilliantly conducted by Mutiin a manner which I am sure would have pleased not only Toscanini but Verdi himself. The cast, the production & the performance produce a rounded & very satisfactory version of this work. It sits well alongside those of Toscanaini himself from Salzburg & the NBC.
