Verdi: Falstaff

Falstaff is Verdi’s masterpiece of comic opera, in which the behaviour of the ageing Sir John Falstaff, a devious freeloader and would-be ladykiller, causes uproar in the petty-bourgeois household of the Windsor’s. In this performance stage and film director Mario Martone updates the action to the present day and shows Falstaff as ageing rebel in dodgy sideburns and leather jacket.

Cast

Michael Volle

Falstaff

Alfredo Daza

Ford

Nadine Sierra

Nannetta

Jan Martinik

Pistola

Stephan Rügamer

Bardolfo