Falstaff: Paris Opera
About the Event
Celebrate Verdi's final comic masterpiece at the Paris Opera: Falstaff tells the story of an old, penniless, and pot‐bellied knight.
Giuseppe Verdi was 80 years old when he wrote Falstaff, and his composition was leisurely and liberated from the rules. Arias, duets, and ensembles join together in a singular musical movement, continuous and boisterous. The work is an unsurpassed operatic comedy and continues to offer the gift of joyous laughter a century later.
Performed in Italian
Cast / Production
Arrigo Boito, libretto
Michael Schønwandt, Musical Direction
Alessandro Di Stefano, choir director
Dominique Pitoiset, stage direction
Alexandre Beliaev, set design
Elena Rivkina, Costumes
Philippe Albaric, Lights
Christophe Pitoiset, Light adaptations
Ambrogio Maestri: Sir John Falstaff
Olivia Boen: Mrs Alice Ford
Marie‐Andrée Bouchard‐Lesieur: Mrs Meg Page
Andrii Kymach: Ford
Gregory Bonfatti: Docteur Cajus
Marie‐Nicole Lemieux: Mrs Quickly
Iván Ayón‐Rivas: Fenton
Federica Guida: Nannetta
Nicholas Jones: Bardolfo
Alessio Cacciamani: Pistola
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus