CAST:
Ruggero Raimondi (Sir
John Falstaff)
Luca Salsi (Ford)
Virginia Tola (Mrs Alice
Ford)
Sabina Puértolas (Nannetta)
Tiberius Simu (Fenton)
Cinzia De Mola (Mistress Quickly)
Liliana Mattei (Mrs.
Meg Page)
Gregory Bonfatti
(Dr. Caius)
Pietro Picone
(Bardolfo)
Luciano Montanaro
(Pistola)
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Conductor:
Paolo Arrivabeni
Director, Choreographer,
Sets, Costumes and Lights: Stefano
Poda
Chorus Master: Marcel
Seminara
Running time:
2 hrs. 50 min. plus one intermission
Sung in Italian with English
subtitles
Photo:
© Fondazione
Teatro Regio di Torino
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Performed at Opéra Royal De
Wallonie,
Liège, Belgium
With Falstaff, Verdi bid a
magnificent farewell to opera. He
chose, however, a genre that he
wasn’t familiar with: the comic
opera. His librettist, Boito, gave
Verdi a text, adapted from a
Shakespeare play, that allowed him
to express all his skills and power,
giving the musicians as important
role as the characters. Verdi
brought something new to opera at a
time when his prior works had
already become classics. This last
Verdi opera was first played in
front of an enthusiastic Milanese
public and ended Verdi’s work on an
happy note.
To interpret the
title role, Ruggero Raimondi, this
masterful actor and exceptional
artist with a powerful and colorful
voice, comes back to Liège for the
inauguration of the Royal Opera
House. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts
this phenomenal production. |
