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The devil rides a violin bow in Falstaff at the Aix Festival

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“there we are, on board for two and a half hours of madness”
Reviewed at Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence on 3 July 2021
Verdi, Falstaff
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Daniele Rustioni, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Christopher Purves, Sir John Falstaff
Stéphane Degout, Ford
Juan Francisco Gatell, Fenton
Carmen Giannattasio, Alice Ford
Daniela Barcellona, Mistress Quickly
Giulia Semenzato, Nannetta
Antoinette Dennefeld, Meg Page
Gregory Bonfatti, Dr Caius
Rodolphe Briand, Bardolfo (Bardolph)
Antonio Di Matteo, Pistola (Pistol)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon
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