Falstaff

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Théâtre de l'Archevêché26 Rue Gaston de Saporta, Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 13100, France

Dates/times in Paris time zone

Programme

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Libretto by Arrigo Boito

Performers

Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Daniele Rustioni	Conductor
Barrie Kosky	Director
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon
Christopher Purves	Baritone	Sir John Falstaff
Stéphane Degout	Baritone	Ford
Juan Francisco Gatell	Tenor	Fenton
Carmen Giannattasio	Soprano	Alice Ford
Daniela Barcellona	Mezzo-soprano	Mistress Quickly
Giulia Semenzato	Soprano	Nannetta
Antoinette Dennefeld	Mezzo-soprano	Meg Page
Gregory Bonfatti	Tenor	Dr Caius
Rodolphe Briand	Tenor	Bardolfo (Bardolph)
Antonio Di Matteo	Bass	Pistola (Pistol)

Reviews of Falstaff directed by Barrie Kosky

**111

Komische Oper Berlin, April 2022

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Falstaff: the enduring appeal of Shakespeare’s fat knight

Mark Pullinger, 13th April

Few operatic characters straddle the operatic stage larger than Sir John Falstaff. Read our in depth 'opera portrait' on Verdi's Falstaff as well as some of his other guises.

The devil rides a violin bow in Falstaff at Aix

Romain Daroles, 3rd July

A highly successful Falstaff at the Archevêché in Aix-en-Provence, for our greater pleasure: a true lesson in joy in a world where, we are told, all is but a joke.

*****