Falstaff

opera in three acts
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Director Viktor Nagy

After the huge success of Otello the Scala ordered a new - possibly a comic - opera from Giuseppe Verdi.
"I've been looking for a good comic opera libretto for 40 years" - Verdi replied.
Boito, Verdi's librettist handed over the draft of Falstaff to the master in the Summer of 1889. Verdi read Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry the 4th and said: "This Falstaff or Merry Wives that was only a dream 2 days ago starts to come to life. But when? How? Have you thought of my age? It would be to risky to undertake this job. What if weariness wins and I will not be able to finish the composition?"

Boito managed to convince Verdi that Falstaff is bound to become a masterpiece.

Premiére date 24/02/2012 Fri

Grand Hall

Performances:

24/05/2012 Thu | 19:00 Szalma Lajos Season Ticket Ticket purchase
25/05/2012 Fri | 19:00 Mendelényi Vilmos Season Ticket Ticket purchase

Cast:
Sir John Falstaff Zoltán Bátki Fazekas
Sir John Falstaff Antal Cseh
Ford János Gurbán
Ford Szabolcs Bognár
Fenton Máté Gál
Fenton István Horváth
Doctor Cajus Szabolcs Csajághy
Pistol Máté Szécsi
Pistol Miklós Király
Bardolf István Győrfi
Bardolf Gábor Horváth Szabó
Alice Marianna Váradi
Alice Tímea Vermes
Annuska Kinga Kriszta
Annuska Orsolya Sáfár
Mrs. Quickly Annamária Kovács
Mrs. Quickly Márta Bukszár
Mrs. Meg Page Éva Várhelyi
Mrs. Meg Page Krisztina Simon
Conductor János Kovács
Conductor András Vass
Conductor Péter Oberfrank
Stage designer Balázs Horesnyi
Costume designer Erzsébet Rátkai
István Bende
Prompter Dalma Dóczi
Assistant Rita Markó
Stage inspector László Háber

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