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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2

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

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

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.
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