Organization

Singer

Baritone

Pietro Spagnoli

Sir John Falstaff

Kartal Karagedik

Ford

Soprano

Anna Princeva

Mrs. Alice Ford

Elbenita Kajtazi

Nannette

Mezzo-soprano

Ida Aldrian

Mrs. Meg Page

Contralto

Nadezhda Karyazina

Mrs. Quickly

Tenor

Oleksiy Palchykov

Fenton

Jürgen Sacher

Doctor Caius

Daniel Kluge

Bardolph

Bass

Hubert Kowalczyk

Pistol

Stage director

Calixto Bieito

Conductor

Axel Kober

Lighting designer

Michael Bauer

Costume designer

Anja Rabes

Set designer

Susanne Gschwender

Dramaturge

Bettina Auer

Staatsoper Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Falstaff

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

Großes Haus

Sir John Falstaff is vain and narcissistic, cowardly and cunning, in this opera by Giuseppe Verdi after
Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and adapted by Arigo Boito. This black comedy
performance, filmed at The Hamburg State Opera, follows Falstaff as he arrives in Windsor and sets out
to obtain financial advantage by courting two wealthy maried women. His opportunistic and comically
unsuccessful seduction ploy begins to unfold, and even those trying to expose him fail to emerge
unruffed from all the confusion. This play compels the audience to keep track of all events, as chaos
ensues.

Falstaff Verdi

Public

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