The plot, mostly based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, is an all-too-familiar piece of no-fool-like-an-old-fool fluff. And in the concert version that conductor Riccardo Muti has brought ...
OperaDelaware’s 2016 Festival continued Sunday afternoon with a rollicking production of “Falstaff,” Giuseppe Verdi’s final work. At the other end of the operagoer’s spectrum from “Amleto” (the ...
Shakespeare has been a rich source of inspiration for opera composers and Falstaff is one of his most enduring comic creations. Verdi’s “Falstaff” is the most popular depiction of the ...
Editor’s note: This story about Falstaff, which will be performed tonight at the Aspen Music Festival, was first published in The Aspen Times in July 2011 and has been updated. “Falstaff” is not like ...
Shakespeare created him, but it was Verdi who made him sing in his comic opera, "Falstaff." Meet the rotund rogue Falstaff, romancing the very merry wealthy wives of Windsor for their husbands' money.
The 2015 Dora Mavor Moore Awards were presented tonight at Harbourfront Centre, honouring the best of Toronto's stage scene You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...