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- Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff (1893)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Walter Ducloux for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by Arrigo Boito. English translation by Walter Ducloux.
- English, Italian
Programme Note
Cast List:
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: Baritone
FENTON, a young gentleman: Tenor
FORD, a wealthy burgher: Baritone
DR. CAJUS, a physician: Tenor
BARDOLPH, a follower of Falstaff: Tenor
PISTOL, a follower of Falstaff: Bass
MRS. ALICE FORD: Soprano
ANNE (Nannetta), her daughter: Soprano
MRS. MEG PAGE: Mezzo-Soprano
DAME QUICKLY: Mezzo-Soprano
ROBIN, Falstaff's page
An Innkeeper in Ford's household
Burghers and Street-folk; Ford's servants; Maskers as elves, fairies, witches, etc.
Synopsis:
Written when Verdi was over eighty years old, Falstaff is the composer’s only comic opera. Sir John Falstaff sends love letters to Alice Ford and Meg Page, with a view to infuriate their husbands and ruin their marriages. However he is outwitted and humiliated in a series of cunning plans devised by the ladies and their accomplices.
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: Baritone
FENTON, a young gentleman: Tenor
FORD, a wealthy burgher: Baritone
DR. CAJUS, a physician: Tenor
BARDOLPH, a follower of Falstaff: Tenor
PISTOL, a follower of Falstaff: Bass
MRS. ALICE FORD: Soprano
ANNE (Nannetta), her daughter: Soprano
MRS. MEG PAGE: Mezzo-Soprano
DAME QUICKLY: Mezzo-Soprano
ROBIN, Falstaff's page
An Innkeeper in Ford's household
Burghers and Street-folk; Ford's servants; Maskers as elves, fairies, witches, etc.
Synopsis:
Written when Verdi was over eighty years old, Falstaff is the composer’s only comic opera. Sir John Falstaff sends love letters to Alice Ford and Meg Page, with a view to infuriate their husbands and ruin their marriages. However he is outwitted and humiliated in a series of cunning plans devised by the ladies and their accomplices.