McVicar’s Falstaff a timely success in Vienna

By Chanda VanderHart, 11 December 2016

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 9 December 2016

Verdi, Falstaff

Vienna State Opera

Zubin Mehta, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

Charles Edwards, Set Designer

Gabrielle Dalton, Costume Designer

Ambrogio Maestri, Sir John Falstaff

Carmen Giannattasio, Alice Ford

Ludovic Tézier, Ford

Paolo Fanale, Fenton

Hila Fahima, Nannetta

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Mistress Quickly

Lilly Jørstad, Meg Page

Herwig Pecoraro, Bardolfo (Bardolph)

Thomas Ebenstein, Dr Caius

Riccardo Fassi, Pistola (Pistol)

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

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