Name: Falstaff
Start: 2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Grosses Haus (Wiesbaden)

Organization

Internationale Maifestspiele

Conductor

Antonello Allemandi

Set designer

Rolf Glittenberg

Costume designer

Marianne Glittenberg

Lighting designer

Andreas Frank

Chorus master

Albert Horne

Dramaturge

Wolfgang Behrens

Singer

Baritone

Željko Lučić

Sir John Falstaff

Aluda Todua

Ford

Tenor

Erik Biegel

Doctor Caius

Ralf Rachbauer

Bardolph

Soprano

Alyona Rostovskaya

Mrs. Alice Ford

Anastasiya Taratorkina

Nannette

Contralto

Romina Boscolo

Mrs. Quickly

Orchestra

Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden

Others

Chor des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden

Michael Pflumm

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Stage director

Noah L. Perktold

Mezzo-soprano

Fleuranne Brockway

Mrs. Meg Page

Karin Strobos

Gustavo Quaresma

Fenton

Bass

Darcy Carroll

Pistol

Francisco Brito

Italian

Falstaff

Wiesbaden

Germany

Grosses Haus (Wiesbaden)

Public

German

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Following the great success of his "Otello", Verdi was not expected to create another opera in his late years. Yet his friend, librettist and composer Arrigo Boito noticed how much Verdi missed composing and suggested working together on something new, an opera that could end his career on a higher note than "Otello", a "triumph with laughter”. At the age of almost 80, Verdi achieved another sensational success with his glorious Shakespearean comedy "Falstaff". Following five decades of tragic works, he created a masterpiece of comic opera. Although based on the same material as Nicolai’s "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Verdi succeeded in creating a version of the comedy which was as unconventional as it was enchanting.

PREMIERE: 1 May 2024

English

»Es gibt nur eine Möglichkeit, einen noch schöneren Abschluss zu finden als mit ›Otello‹: mit einem siegreichen ›Falstaff‹«, schrieb der Librettist Arrigo Boito 1889 an Verdi. »Nach allen Klagen und Schmerzensrufen des menschlichen Herzens mit einem gewaltigen Ausbruch der Heiterkeit Abschied zu nehmen – das wäre etwas Staunenswertes!« »Amen. So soll es sein«, antwortete der Komponist. Und Staunenswertes gelang Verdi dann tatsächlich mit seinem letzten Werk: Er übertraf Shakespeare, dessen Gelegenheitsarbeit »Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor« erst im »Falstaff« zur wahrhaft großen, tief ins Menschliche greifenden Komödie wurde. Die wunderbar philosophische Pointe des Stücks: Dass der gelackmeierte dicke Ritter Sir John Falstaff, der auf seinen Freiersfüßen mehrfach übel ausrutscht, sich die Laune nicht verderben lässt und auch im Ungemach noch ausruft: »Tutto nel mondo è burla – Alles ist Spaß auf Erden.« Bravo, Sir John!

PREMIERE: 1. Mai 2024

Deutsch

Falstaff by Verdi, Mon 20 May 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Noah L. Perktold,, Conductor Antonello Allemandi, Grosses Haus (Wiesbaden), Wiesbaden, Germany

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