Organization

Stage director

Calixto Bieito

Conductor

Leo Hussain

Set designer

Susanne Gschwender

Costume designer

Anja Rabes

Dramaturge

Bettina Auer

Lighting designer

Michael Bauer

Singer

Baritone

Lucio Gallo

Sir John Falstaff

Sergey Kaydalov

Ford

Tenor

Miles Mykkanen

Fenton

Jürgen Sacher

Doctor Caius

Daniel Kluge

Bardolph

Bass

Hubert Kowalczyk

Pistol

Soprano

Tara Erraught

Mrs. Alice Ford

Katharina Konradi

Nannette

Contralto

Nadezhda Karyazina

Mrs. Quickly

Mezzo-soprano

Ida Aldrian

Mrs. Meg Page

Judit Kutasi

Staatsoper Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Italian

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 Arrigo 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 married women. His opportunistic and comically
unsuccessful seduction ploy begins to unfold, and even those trying to expose him fail to emerge
unruffled from all the confusion. This play compels the audience to keep track of all events, as chaos
ensues.

Production booklet

Further reading