Falstaff Salzburg 1936

Here is 35 minutes, containing all of Act 1 of Falstaff from the Salzburg Festival in 1936. Taken from an NBC shortwave relay it is significant for the conducting of Arturo Toscanini. For a shortwave relay the sound is not at all bad. A complete recording of Falstaff made on Selenophone film, also conducted by Toscanini, exists from the 1937 Salzburg Festival and was issued on CD by Andante (hard to find now). An alternative remastering has been issued by Pristine Classical .

The original NBC transcription disc

Verdi: Falstaff – Act I

Salzburg  August 20, 1936

Broadcast: 2-2.45pm NBC Red

Falstaff: Mariano Stabile

Mistress Ford: Franca Somigli

Mistress Meg Page: Mita Vasari

Mistress Quickly: Angelica Cravcenco

Ford: Piero Biasini

Nannetta: Augusta Oltrabella

Fenton: Dino Borgioli

Dr. Caius: Alfredo Tedeschi

Bardolph: Giuseppi Nessi

Pistol: Virilio Lazzari

Arturo Toscanini, Conductor 

Vienna Philharmonic, Festspielhaus, Salzburg

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