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Ambrogio Maestri lifts Budapest's Falstaff

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“Maestri seemed to infect the rest of the cast with the spirit of the work”
Reviewed at Erkel Színház (Erkel Theatre), Budapest on 22 May 2016
Verdi, Falstaff
Hungarian State Opera
Balázs Kocsár, Conductor
Arnaud Bernard, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Ambrogio Maestri, Sir John Falstaff
Gunyong Na, Ford
Péter Balczó, Fenton
Beatrix Fodor, Alice Ford
Bernadett Wiedemann, Mistress Quickly
Bori Keszei, Nannetta
Erika Gál, Meg Page
János Szerekován, Bardolfo (Bardolph)
Géza Gábor, Pistola (Pistol)
Zoltán Megyesi, Dr Caius
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Hungarian State Opera Chorus
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