Photo Title
Preview
Production Title
Die Iustigen Weiber von Windsor
Production Date
1965
Photograph Caption
Having packed Falstaff off to the laundry in a basket, Mistresses Page and Ford (Frau Fluth and Frau Reich in the opera) celebrate the success of their scheme, and plan further "tricks" on Falstaff..
Dialogue
Mistress Ford: "I know not which pleases me better, that my husband is deceived or Sir John."
Mistress Page: "What a taking was he in when your husband asked who was in the basket!" (Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," III.iii.188-191)
Play Title
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Venue
Opera; Film
Place of Production
Austria
Genre
Comedy
Character
Frau Fluth (Mistress Ford): Colette Boky (soprano)
Frau Reich (Mistress Page) : Mildred Miller (mezzo soprano)
Other Credits
Otto Nicolai - Composer
Hermann von Mosenthal - librettist
Norman Foster - Producer
George Tressler - Director
Helga Pinnow - Costume Designer
Object Type
black-and-white photographs
Size of Original
8 x 10 in.
Donor
Cole, Joseph E.
Repository
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Format
jpeg
