The irrepressible Sir John Falstaff has been variously described as a braggart and swaggart, the prince of rascals and by Giuseppe Verdi himself, “an amusing rogue.” No wonder the wealthy and ...

Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, parts 1 ...

Falstaff is an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, ...

The cycle of late Verdi works presented at Opera Vlaanderen in recent seasons wouldn't be complete without Falstaff. In this vibrant testament, the old master composed a final masterpiece in which he ...

Hera Hysesang Park as Nannetta, Ailyn Pérez as Alice, Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Mistress Quickly in Verdi’s “Falstaff.” Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera Robert Carsen’s ...

As bass baritone Craig Colclough tells it, being an opera singer seems like a lot of fun. Especially when you're playing "Falstaff." Colclough takes on the title role in Opera Saratoga's production of ...

Maryland Lyric Opera will present Falstaff, the third production in its 2022-23 Season of Verdi, a survey of the iconic composer's most accessible operas, on Friday, January 20 and Sunday, January 22, ...

The summer opera season got off to a boisterous start on Saturday night with Opera Saratoga's presentation of Verdi's "Falstaff." Based on Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," the opera is a ...

Garsington Opera at Wormsley is shown at the very top of its game in a sensational new production of Verdi’s Falstaff that sounds wonderful, looks brilliant and provides perfect entertainment for a ...

The composer made sure in his last opera that when the fantasies, schemes and hopes of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff are given apparent encouragement, only to be systematically unpicked and nixed, ...

From the timing to the personnel, it seemed as though extramusical interests would dominate the first complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonies at the BBC Proms since 1942. Scheduled to end as the ...