| Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) | Falstaff | Livret de Arrigo Boito |
| Opera North | ||
| Garry Walker | Direction | |
| Olivia Fuchs | Mise en scène | |
| Leslie Travers | Décors | |
| Gabrielle Dalton | Costumes | |
| Paule Constable | Lumières | |
| Orchestra of Opera North | ||
| Henry Waddington | Baryton-basse | Sir John Falstaff |
| Richard Burkhard | Baryton | Ford |
| Kate Royal | Soprano | Alice Ford |
| Isabelle Peters | Soprano | Nannetta |
| Egor Zhuravskii | Ténor | Fenton |
| Louise Winter | Mezzo-soprano | Mistress Quickly |
| Helen Évora | Mezzo-soprano | Meg Page |
| Colin Judson | Ténor | Bardolfo |
| Dean Robinson | Basse | Pistola |
| Paul Nilon | Ténor | Le Docteur Caïus |
With mountainous debts piling up, Sir John Falstaff resolves to relieve himself of financial embarrassment by seducing two wealthy wives of Windsor.
But these powerful women are wise to the ways of men and so, after plots and counterplots, disguises, deception and confusion – not to mention a dunking in the Thames – Falstaff gets his comeuppance.
After a career in which he had composed some of opera’s greatest tragedies, Verdi turned to Shakespeare’s great comic rogue as inspiration for his final masterpiece. Director Olivia Fuchs serves up a rich feast of an opera, fully worthy of the abundant personality of its hero.