Three of the greatest operas of Giuseppe Verdi were inspired by the admiration he felt towards the genius of William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff, his final opera and second comedy. It is an ideal work, teaching us to take life lightly and laugh at ourselves, and it comes to the Teatro Real in a new production by the talented master in humor, Laurent Pelly. His most recent productions on this stage have been: La Fille du régiment, Hänsel und Greteland The Golden Cockerel. Daniele Rustioni conducts two markedly Spanish casts, together with the house Chorus and Orchestra.
Commedia lirica in three acts
Music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on the theatre plays Henry IV (1597) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (1601) by William Shakespeare
Premiered at the Teatro Alla Scala, on February 9, 1893
Premiered at the Teatro Real on February 10, 1894
Coproduction of the Teatro Real and the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie of Brussels, Opéra National de Bordeaux, the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation and Neoescenografía S.L.
Principal Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Artistic team
Conductor I Daniele Rustioni
Stage director and costume designer I Laurent Pelly
Set designer I Barbara de Limburg
Lighting designer I Joêl Adam
Chorus master I Andrés Máspero
Cast
Sir John Falstaff | Roberto de Candia
Fenton | Joel Prieto
Dr. Caius | Christophe Mortagne
Bardolfo | Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Pistola | Valeriano Lanchas
Mrs. Alice Ford | Rebecca Evans
Ford | Simone Piazzola
Nannetta | Ruth Iniesta
Mistress Quickly | Daniela Barcellona
Mrs. Meg Page | Maite Beaumont
Comedians / Actors | Magdalena Aizpurúa, Beatriz Bergamín, Estrella Martín, Dina Meïer, José Luis Alcedo Wi, David Guimera, Jorge Soria, Pablo Viña
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