Falstaff (1987) Online
Based, in part, on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is Verdi's last work for the stage - and only his second comic opera. And yet the humour in this multilayered masterpiece is distinctly wry, for all the main characters exhibit an array of human weaknesses that are implacably exposed by Verdi and his librettist Arrigo Boito.
Cast overview: | |||
José van Dam | - | Sir John Falstaff | |
William Stone | - | Ford | |
Laurence Dale | - | Fenton | |
Elzbieta Szmytka | - | Nannetta | |
Mario Luperi | - | Piltol | |
Ugo Benelli | - | Dottor Cajus |
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