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

Organization

Baryton

Christopher Purves

Sir John Falstaff

Soprano

Dina Kuznetsova

Mrs. Alice Ford

Tassis Christoyannis

Ford

Mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Holloway

Mme Meg Page

Contralto

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Mme Quickly

Adriana Kučerová

Nanette

Ténor

Bülent Bezdüz

Fenton

Peter Hoare

Docteur Caïus

Alasdair Elliott

Bardolphe

Basse

Paolo Battaglia

Pistolet

Direction d'orchestre

Vladimir Jurowski

Mise en scène

Richard Jones

Costumes

Ultz

Décors

Direction de choeur

Thomas Blunt

Others

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne Festival

italien

Falstaff

Royaume-Uni

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

anglais

Valide

Brochure de la production

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