Falstaff

Synopsis

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.

Main Cast

Mirella Freni

Alice Ford

Age : 89 | Popularity : 5%

Barbara Bonney

Nannetta

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Paul Plishka

Sir John Falstaff

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Bruno Pola

Ford

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Marilyn Horne

Mistress Quickly

Age : 90 | Popularity : 3%

Frank Lopardo

Fenton

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Piero De Palma

Dr. Cajus

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Anthony Laciura

Bardolfo

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Arrigo Boito
Directing	Director	Franco Zeffirelli Brian Large
	Stage Director	Paul Mills
Sound	Conductor	James Levine
	Sound Supervisor	Bill King
	Original Music Composer	Giuseppe Verdi
Crew	Choreographer	William Burdick
	Technical Supervisor	Ron Washburn
Production	Production Assistant	Susan Erben Jessica Ruskin
	Production Secretary	Victoria Warivonchik
	Producer	Louisa Briccetti Daniel Anker
	General Manager	Joseph Volpe
Lighting	Lighting Design	Gil Wechsler
Art	Production Design	Franco Zeffirelli
	Set Designer	Franco Zeffirelli
	Art Direction	James Levine
Department	Role	Name

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