Giuseppe Verdi
Arrigo Boito

Verdi's final opera – a grandiose comedy: the roly-poly roué Sir John writes the same love letter to two different women. Logically, this leads to plenty of turbulence on the stage. This jolly work of Verdi's old age reaches its high point in the recognition: "Everything on earth is a joke!" Ambrogio Maestri as Falstaff! A subtle production. Oh, Verdi lover, what more could you ask?

In Italian with German surtitles

Casts

Conductor Paolo Carignani   
Production Eike Gramss   
Set and Costumes Gottfried Pilz   
Lighting Manfred Voss   
Chorus Sören Eckhoff   

Sir John Falstaff Ambrogio Maestri   
Ford Massimo Cavalletti   
Fenton Javier Camarena   
Dr Cajus Ulrich Reß   
Bardolfo Riccardo Botta   
Pistola Tareq Nazmi   
Mrs Alice Ford Véronique Gens   
Nannetta Anna Virovlansky   
Mrs Quickly Ewa Podles   
Mrs Meg Page Anaïk Morel   

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera