Valiant Vocals in Teatro Colón’s Falstaff

By Sarah Hucal, 24 September 2014

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“Maestri is adept at adding personality and character to each word he utters”

Reviewed at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires on 21 September 2014

Verdi, Falstaff

Roberto Paternostro, Conductor

Arturo Gama Terrazas, Director

Barbara Frittoli, Alice Ford

Paula Almerares, Nannetta

Elisabetta Fiorillo, Mistress Quickly

Fabián Veloz, Ford

Ambrogio Maestri, Sir John Falstaff

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Sarah Hucal

Sarah Hucal is freelance journalist based out of New York City and Berlin, Germany. After training as a classical singer and performing in opera choruses in Berlin and Bayreuth, she turned to journalism and has since written about culture, politics and everything in between for publications such as Time Out New York, Metropolis Magazine, New York Observer, and The Local in Germany.

Valiant Vocals from a Leading Cavalier in Teatro Colón’s Falstaff