Notes: | Opera. Sung in German. Text by Hermann von Mosenthal. Based on: Merry wives of Windsor / Shakespeare. Includes: excerpts from Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi (Georg Hann as Falstaff, Karl Kronenberg as Ford, Esther Réthy as Alice Ford, Melanie Bugarinovic as Mrs. Quickly, Elena Nikolaidi as Mrs. Meg Page, Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Clemens Krauss, conductor). Clara Ebers, soprano ; Gisa Nerz, mezzo-soprano ; Josef Traxel, tenor ; Gerhard Misske, baritone ; Georg Hann, Benno Kusche, basses ; with supporting soloists ; Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Hans Altmann, conductor. The Nicolai recorded 1949, München; the Verdi recorded 1941, Vienna.
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