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Falstaff in Melbourne: a high-calibre, cavorting, colour-coded comedy

By Brian Angus, 02 December 2014
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“Warwick Fyfe... is indispensable to this production”
Reviewed at Arts Centre Melbourne: State Theatre, Melbourne on 1 December 2014
Programme
Verdi, Falstaff
Performers
Opera Australia
Christian Badea, Conductor
Simon Phillips, Director
Jane Ede, Alice Ford
Taryn Fiebig, Nannetta
Jacqueline Dark, Meg Page
Dominica Matthews, Mistress Quickly
Michael Honeyman, Ford
Warwick Fyfe, Sir John Falstaff
Kanen Breen, Bardolfo (Bardolph)
Graeme Macfarlane, Dr Caius
Jonathan Abernethy, Fenton
Jud Arthur, Pistola (Pistol)
Orchestra Victoria
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Brian Angus
Brian Angus
Brian is a lover of opera, and has enjoyed attending operas for over forty years. Brian has very catholic tastes; favourite classic composers are Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, contemporary composers John Adams and Jake Heggie, and a curiosity about Stockhausen’s music. He is always seeking opportunities to expand his appreciation of the world of music and opera.