Name: Falstaff
Start: 2009-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opera House

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Christopher Purves

Sir John Falstaff

Soprano

Dina Kuznetsova

Mrs. Alice Ford

Tassis Christoyannis

Ford

Mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Holloway

Mrs. Meg Page

Contralto

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Mrs. Quickly

Adriana Kučerová

Nannette

Tenor

Bülent Bezdüz

Fenton

Peter Hoare

Doctor Caius

Alasdair Elliott

Bardolph

Bass

Paolo Battaglia

Pistol

Conductor

Vladimir Jurowski

Stage director

Richard Jones

Costume designer

Ultz

Set designer

Chorus master

Thomas Blunt

Others

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Glyndebourne

Italian

Falstaff

United Kingdom

Opera House

Ebert Room

Lewes

Falstaff in Richard Jones' delightful production for the Glyndebourne Festival.

Although it contains elements of tragic heroism, typical of Verdi’s operas, it is comedy that is very much to the fore in Falstaff. No aria di bravura is to be found, as would be the case in Bellini's or Puccini's works. In Falstaff, Verdi uses the music to simply hold the storyline together.

Drawing inspiration from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is a shallow, vain and pitiful character, not a hero. It is the women in the story who are the true heroes. They trick the lustful Fasltaff and Mrs Quickly best expresses the moral of the story: women are cunning as a fox!

Falstaff Verdi

Public

English

Approved

Photos