Stephen Medcalf Trailers
Falstaff TrailerVerdi: Falstaff TrailerThe Marriage of Figaro Trailer
Total trailers found: 5
28 May 1994
Live from Glyndebourne 1994. The first production to be filmed Live in Glyndebourne´s new opera house May 1994.
31 December 1992
Mozart and Da Ponte use the theme of "fiancée swapping", which dates back to the 13th century; notable earlier versions are found in Boccaccio's Decameron and Shakespeare's play Cymbeline.
28 May 1994
The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single "day of madness" in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain.
10 October 2011
In England, at Windsor during the reign of Henry IV of England (1399–1413). Sir John Falstaff, also known as ‘Il Pancione’ (the Potbelly), has two identical love letters sent out, one to Meg Page and the other to Alice Ford, then delivers a sarcastic lecture on honour to his servants Bardolfo and Pistola.
29 December 2021
As the saying goes, “Shakespeare invented him, Verdi made him immortal” – and, surely, it was Bryn Terfel who defined him.