30.09.–13.10.2022 / Opera
Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi
Fri 30.09.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Revival Opera
Dates
19:30 - 22:15
Revival Opera
18:30 - 21:15
Opera
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Content
Commedia lirica in three acts
Libretto by Arrigo Boito after William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Libretto by Arrigo Boito after William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
In order to maintain his well-fed belly despite the yawning emptiness in his purse, the mischievous knight Falstaff writes identical love letters to two wealthy ladies. But they catch wind of the hoax.
"Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten" - with these probably most beautiful last words on stage, the 80-year-old Giuseppe Verdi retired in 1893 and at the end of his opera career composed a musical comedy based on Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" that was as unconventional as it was enchanting.
"Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten" - with these probably most beautiful last words on stage, the 80-year-old Giuseppe Verdi retired in 1893 and at the end of his opera career composed a musical comedy based on Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" that was as unconventional as it was enchanting.
Musikalische Leitung
Inszenierung
Bühne und Kostüme
John Gunter
Chorleitung
Cast
Falstaff
Ambrogio Maestri
Ford
Fenton
Cajus
Bardolfo
Pistola
Alice
Nannetta
Quickly
Meg Page
Orchester