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All good fun: a flesh-and-blood Falstaff at Müpa Budapest

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“the Budapest Festival Orchestra played with a mellifluous, polished sound”
Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 6 March 2018
Verdi, Falstaff (Semi-staged)
Iván Fischer, Conductor
Marco Gandini, Director
Nicola Alaimo, Sir John Falstaff
Tassis Christoyannis, Ford
Eva Mei, Alice Ford
Sylvia Schwartz, Nannetta
Yvonne Naef, Mistress Quickly
Xabier Anduaga, Fenton
Laura Polverelli, Meg Page
Stuart Patterson, Bardolfo (Bardolph)
Giovanni Battista Parodi, Pistola (Pistol)
Carlo Bosi, Dr Caius
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