Falstaff (1993)

Music

It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.

Cast

Alice Ford
Self - Conductor
Mistress of the Inn
The Innkeeper
Sir John Falstaff
Mistress Quickly

Crew

Original Music Composer
Conductor
Production Design
Set Designer
Lighting Design
Stage Director
Choreographer
General Manager
Art Direction
Director
Production Assistant
Technical Supervisor
Sound Supervisor
Production Assistant
Production Secretary