Organization

Conductor

Arvo Volmer

Singer

Baritone

Leonardo Neiva

Ford

Soprano

Ani Yorentz Sargsyan

Mrs. Alice Ford

Olena Brazhnyk

Nannette

Mezzo-soprano

Helen Lokuta

Mrs. Meg Page

Contralto

Maria Streijffert

Mrs. Quickly

Tenor

Heldur Harry Põlda

Fenton

Mart Madiste

Doctor Caius

Mehis Tiits

Bardolph

Bass

Raiko Raalik

Pistol

Misha Kiria

Sir John Falstaff

Estonian National Opera

Falstaff

Tallinn

Estonia

Concert Hall

Tartu

Vanemuine Concert House

Falstaff Verdi

Public

Private

Approved

Estonia Concert Hall

“Falstaff” is a lyric comedy, it’s score sparkles with humour, while a dynamic plot and tender love scenes make a perfect representation of Verdi’s talent.

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff” is a lush and sunny opera based on Shakespeare’s comedy “The Merry Wives of Winsdor” and historical play “Henry IV”. “Finally I have a right to laugh a bit after killing so many characters”, said Verdi about this opera. Throughout his life Verdi had pursued the dream of writing a comic opera without ever finding the appropriate subject. Excluding “Un Giorno di Regno”, a sensational youth fiasco of 1840, “Falstaff” is the only comic opera, as well as the last opera, of Verdi’s production.

Sir John Falstaff is an experienced swindler, has no sense of responsibility, permanently undermines moral values, ​​and is loved by everyone for his primal life force. He is planning on solving his financial problems using two married women, Alice and Meg. He writes two identical love letters to both, considering the deal to be almost done. However, his “victims” are not that stupid: they discover that the letters are identical and decide to teach Falstaff a lesson.

English

Falstaff by Verdi, From (2022/2022), Conductor Arvo Volmer, Vanemuine Concert House, Tartu, Estonia

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