Event listing: Falstaff | Garsington Opera | Event is in the past

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Garsington OperaThe Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe, South-East, HP14 3YE, United Kingdom

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Programme

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Libretto by Arrigo Boito

Performers

Garsington Opera
Richard Farnes	Conductor
Bruno Ravella	Director
Giles Cadle	Set Designer, Costume Designer
Garsington Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Malcolm Rippeth	Lighting Designer
Henry Waddington	Bass	Sir John Falstaff
Mary Dunleavy	Soprano	Alice Ford
Richard Burkhard	Baritone	Ford
Soraya Mafi	Soprano	Nannetta
Yvonne Howard	Mezzo-soprano	Mistress Quickly
Oliver Johnston	Tenor	Fenton
Victoria Simmonds	Mezzo-soprano	Meg Page
Colin Judson	Tenor	Dr Caius
Adrian Thompson	Tenor	Bardolfo (Bardolph)
Nicholas Crawley	Bass-baritone	Pistola (Pistol)

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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.

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Songs of innocence and experience: Falstaff at Garsington

Charlotte Valori, 18th June

Bruno Ravella's fast-paced Falstaff for Garsington still has crucial space for pathos amid the comedy, with a notably subtle central performance from Henry Waddington.

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