Glyndebourne - Falstaff
Verdi's final opera, Falstaff is a mercurial, nimble-footed and profusely tuneful portrait of Shakespeare's Fat Knight. The libretto combines three parts Merry Wives of Windsor to two parts Henry IV, with a sprinkling of fairy dust from A Midsummer Night's Dream. A witty farce, the opera follows Falstaff's attempted seduction of two local ladies who then exact their wiley revenge on him.
A strongly international cast is led by the exciting British baritone Christopher Purves in the larger-than-life role of the corpulent Falstaff, whose profilgate presence both outrages and inspires the leaner, meaner citizens of Windsor.
"A triumphant production of Falstaff is vintage Glyndebourne - Five Stars"
The Sunday Telegraph
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