Photo © Sébastien Mathé / OnP
Photo © Sébastien Mathé / OnP
Falstaff
Opéra Bastille - from 26 October to 16 November 2017
Falstaff
Opera Giuseppe Verdi
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Opéra Bastille - from 26 October to 16 November 2017
2h40 with 1 interval
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
Opening night : 26 October 2018
About
In few words:
There is no work to compare with Falstaff. In his last opera, Giuseppe Verdi, then aged eighty-four, delivered, from behind the mask of his buffoon-like rascal of a hero, the testimony of a life approaching its end and whose moral, like that of the opera, would be: life is but a joke. This indefinable comedy, tinged with pessimism, defies all the conventions of 19th century Italian opera and testifies to Verdi’s passion for the theatre. Dominique Pitoiset’s witty, humorous production brings these eccentric characters to life and their sparkling interplay maintains a perfect balance between fantasy and reality, the very essence of the work.
Falstaff
Opera in three acts
After William Shakespeare
Music :
Libretto :
Arrigo Boito
Conductor :
Director :
Set design :
Alexandre Beliaev
Costume design :
Elena Rivkina
Lighting design :
Philippe Albaric, adaptées par Christophe Pitoiset
Chorus master :
Sir John Falstaff :
Ford :
Fenton :
Dottore Cajus :
Bardolfo :
Pistola :
Mrs Alice Ford :
Nannetta :
Mrs Quickly :
29 oct.
1, 4, 7, 10 nov.
Mrs Meg Page :
Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Falstaff - Air de Mrs Quickly et Sir John Falstaff (Varduhi Abrahamyan et Bryn Terfel)
Falstaff - Air de Sir John Falstaff et Ford(Bryn Terfel et Franco Vassallo)
Falstaff - « L’amor, l’amor, che non ci da mai tregue… »