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

Organization

Barítono

Christopher Purves

Sir John Falstaff

Soprano

Dina Kuznetsova

Alice Ford

Tassis Christoyannis

Ford

Mezzo-soprano

Jennifer Holloway

Meg Page

Contralto

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Mrs. Quickly

Adriana Kučerová

Nannetta

Tenor

Bülent Bezdüz

Fenton

Peter Hoare

Dr. Caius

Alasdair Elliott

Bardolfo

Baixo

Paolo Battaglia

Pistola

Maestro

Vladimir Jurowski

Diretor de Palco

Richard Jones

Estilista

Ultz

Cenógrafo

Mestre de Coro

Thomas Blunt

Others

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Glyndebourne

Glyndebourne Festival

italiano

Falstaff

Reino Unido

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

inglês

Approved

Folheto da produção

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