Name: Falstaff
Start: 1992-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1992-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Conductor

James Levine

Singer

Soprano

Mirella Freni

Mrs. Alice Ford

Barbara Bonney

Nannette

Contralto

Marilyn Horne

Mrs. Quickly

Baritone

Paul Plishka

Sir John Falstaff

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

Falstaff

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

All the humor of Boito’s libretto (taken from Shakespeare) is superbly brought to life by a cast of great singing actors in Franco Zeffirelli's classic production. Paul Plishka is the lecherous, aging, fat knight Falstaff. Marilyn Horne’s delicious Dame Quickly gets the best of him, with some help from Mirella Freni (Alice Ford) and Susan Graham (Meg Page)—both at the top of their game. An adorable Barbara Bonney and ardent Frank Lopardo are the young lovers. James Levine’s deft conducting brings out all the nuance of the quicksilver score.

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