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Falstaff

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Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre Sydney, New South Wales, 1225, Australia

Dates/times in Sydney time zone

Programme

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Libretto by Arrigo Boito

Performers

Opera Australia
Antony Walker	Conductor
Simon Phillips	Director
Opera Australia Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus
Warwick Fyfe	Baritone	Sir John Falstaff
Amelia Farrugia	Soprano	Alice Ford
Andrew. Jones	Baritone	Ford
Lorina Gore	Soprano	Nannetta
John Longmuir	Tenor	Fenton
Dominica Matthews	Contralto	Mistress Quickly
Jacqueline Dark	Mezzo-soprano	Meg Page
Graeme Macfarlane	Tenor	Dr Caius
Kanen Breen	Tenor	Bardolfo (Bardolph)
Jud Arthur	Bass	Pistola (Pistol)

Reviews of Falstaff directed by Simon Phillips

***11

Arts Centre Melbourne: State Theatre, December 2014

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A belly-full of laughs at Opera Australia's production of Verdi's Falstaff

David Larkin, 17th February

Tragedy seems to age better than comedy. The works of Aeschylus have been more influential than those of Aristophanes, and Shakespeare’s darker plays are far more popular than his pure comedies. This same propensity for gloomy subjects can also be seen in the opera world.

****1