Verdi: Falstaff

A reasonably well-sung account, but the production and costumes – all black or white – and Ruggero Raimondi’s far from obese figure, rid the work of any hint of comedy or even wit. Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm

COMPOSERS: Verdi
LABELS: Dynamic
WORKS: Falstaff
PERFORMER: Raimondi, Salsi, Tola, Puértolas, De Mola; Opéra Royal de Wallonie/Paolo Arrivaeni; dir. Poda (Liège, 2009)
CATALOGUE NO: 33649

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.