Falstaff : comedy in three acts / [libretto] by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare ; music by Giuseppe Verdi ; staged and directed by Götz Friedrich ; a production of UNITEL Film- und Fernseh-produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich.
Sung in Italian; with optional subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish and Chinese. Gabriel Bacquier (Sir John Falstaff) ; Richard Stilwell (Ford) ; Max-René Cosotti (Fenton) ; John Lanigan (Dr. Cajus) ; Peter Maus (Bardolfo) ; Ulrik Cold (Pistola) ; Karan Armstrong (Mrs. Alice Ford) ; Jutta Renate Ihloff (Nannetta) ; Sylvia Lindenstrand (Mrs. Meg Page) ; Marta Szirmay (Mrs. Quickly) ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin ; Schöneberger Sängerknaben ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor. Filmed at Berlin, BUFA-Studios, 2/3/1979. Originally produced in 1979. Picture format: 4:3, NTSC. Booklet with program notes and synopsis in English (12 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
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