Falstaff is a comic
opera in three acts by the Italian composer
Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language
libretto was adapted by
Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 by
William Shakespeare. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at
La Scala in Milan. The last of Verdi's twenty-eight operas, the opera's plot revolves around the thwarted, sometimes farcical, efforts of the fat knight
Sir John Falstaff to seduce two married women to gain access to their husbands' wealth. This photograph shows the Italian baritone
Ambrogio Maestri playing the title role in a 2016 production of Falstaff at the
Vienna State Opera.Photograph credit: Christian Michelides
Falstaff is a comic
opera in three acts by the Italian composer
Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language
libretto was adapted by
Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 by
William Shakespeare. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at
La Scala in Milan. The last of Verdi's twenty-eight operas, the opera's plot revolves around the thwarted, sometimes farcical, efforts of the fat knight
Sir John Falstaff to seduce two married women to gain access to their husbands' wealth. This photograph shows the Italian baritone
Ambrogio Maestri playing the title role in a 2016 production of Falstaff at the
Vienna State Opera.Photograph credit: Christian Michelides