Falstaff an der Wiener Staatsoper: Clean Chic versus Klumpert

Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff)

Emily Pogorelc (Nannetta), Iván Ayôn-Rivas (Fenton)

Attila Mokus (Ford)

Alma Neuhaus (Meg Page), Ruzan Mantashyan (Alice FOrd), Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff)

Emily Pogorelc (Nannetta), Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff)

By Snapdragon, 13 November 2025

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 11 November 2025

Verdi, Falstaff

Vienna State Opera

Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor

Marco Arturo Marelli, Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Dagmar Niefind, Costume Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Ambrogio Maestri, Sir John Falstaff

Ruzan Mantashyan, Alice Ford

Davide Luciano, Ford

Emily Pogorelc, Nannetta

Iván Ayón-Rivas, Fenton

Monika Bohinec, Mistress Quickly

Thomas Ebenstein, Dr Caius

Alma Neuhaus, Meg Page

Andrea Giovannini, Bardolfo (Bardolph)

Evgeny Solodovnikov, Pistola (Pistol)

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.

Clean Chic versus Klumpert: Falstaff an der Wiener Staatsoper