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International Record Review
'Only the deepest-dyed critic of opera in English, could resist this Falstaff. Amanda Holden's translation is intelligent, musical and witty in its own right; and Paul Daniel and his cast relish the opportunity to spin gold out of Verdi's last masterpiece... Eschewing swaggering and braggadocia for their own sake, this is a Falstaff rescued from the broad-brushed characterization of the role to which other artists aspire... Shore's Falstaff is neither a fat, foolish, funny man nor the saloon-bar boaster that other singers have made of him. This is a Falstaff who knows himself better than most of the other merry men and wives of Windsor. If he is venal, then he is also ruthlessly honest about the world around him.'
Opera News
'I can think of no singer who gives me greater pleasure than Andrew Shore. His star turn on two recent releases of Chandos Opera in English series - the title role in Don Pasquale and Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love - are so delectable, so round in character, so bursting with humanity, that they have set the bar for all future recordings. Now the baritone has added Falstaff to his gallery of recorded roles, and once again he has gotten to the core of the work - the comedy, the pathos, the wisdom - and given us a portrayal of the fat knight to savor.' |
