Falstaff
Subscription Dates:
Saturday, May 8 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 9 at 2pm
Thursday, May 13 at 7:30pm
Saturday, May 15 at 7:30pm
Additional Performance:
Sunday, May 16 at 2pm
MUSIC BY GIUSEPPE VERDI
LIBRETTO BY ARRIGO BOITO
Everything in the world is a jest.
Enter Sir John Falstaff, whose predilections toward excess lead him into the delusional pursuit of not one, but two married women. Thus ensues a tangled web of plots and counterplots, full of hilarious misunderstandings, as more and more parties are swept into the pandemonium. A cinematic score from an operatic legend imbues this feel-good comedy with warmth and buoyancy.
Sung in Italian with English captions projected above the stage.
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM HIGHLIGHTS
View MoreComposer Biography
Learn MoreGiuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi was born in Le Roncole, a small village in the Duchy of Parma. Contrary to the composer’s claim that he was of illiterate peasants, Carlo and Luigia Verdi both came from families of landowners and traders…
Librettist Biography
Learn MoreArrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito (born Feb. 24, 1842, Padua, Lombardy-Venetia, Italy—died June 10, 1918, Milan) was an Italian poet and composer acclaimed for his opera Mefistofele (1868; for which he composed both libretto and music) and his librettos after William Shakespeare…
Synopsis
READ MOREThe Garter Inn. Dr. Caius bursts into Sir John Falstaff’s room in the Garter Inn, accusing him of unseemly behavior the previous night. He further accuses Falstaff’s two henchmen, Bardolph and Pistol, of having robbed him while he was drunk. Unable to obtain reparations, Dr. Caius leaves in a fury…