Falstaff

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Boito, Arrigo

Conductor: Arrivabeni, Paolo

Orchestra: Orchestre de L'Opera Royal de Wallonie

Chorus: Chorus de L'Opera Royal de Wallonie

Chorus Master: Seminara, Marcel

Alice: Tola, Virginia

Bardolfo: Picone, Pietro

Cajus: Bonfatti, Gregory

Falstaff: Raimondi, Ruggero

Fenton: Simu, Tiberius

Ford: Salsi, Luca

Meg: Mattei, Liliana

Nannetta: Puertolas, Sabina

Pistola: Montanaro, Luciano

Quickly: Mola, Cinzia de

Set Designer: Poda, Stefano

Costume Designer: Poda, Stefano

Lighting Designer: Poda, Stefano

Stage Director: Poda, Stefano

Television Director: Ricchetti, Matteo

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Venue: Royal Opera of Wallonia, Liege

Playing Time: 02:09:35

Catalogue Number: 33649

UPC: 8007144336493

Libretto

Falstaff EN

Falstaff IT

Synopsis

Falstaff

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The nearly eighty-year-old Verdi debuted Falstaff at La Scala on the 9th of February 1893. Based on the play The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff was Verdi's last opera, which covered nearly fifty-four years of creative activity and the most perfect enigmatic work ever composed by the musician from Busseto.

Boito Arrigo skillfully preserved his original traits, converging them into a libretto that is agile, concise and imaginative. His Falstaff is not a solely comical figure; he is a complex character with a cynical outlook on life.