The Greek National Opera will revive the highly successful production of the comic opera Falstaff for six performances at the Stavros Niarchos Hall. Performances run 15 February - 5 March. Verdi’s ...
Translating Shakespeare to a new style is a theatrical tradition as time honored as the Bard himself. In the last couple of years, Oregon Shakespeare Festival has produced Coriolanus in Portland with ...
After writing tragic opera after tragic opera, Verdi, at 83, shocked his contemporaries with a comedy written with youthful joy. He also conjured the lyrical spirit of William Shakespeare—no easy feat ...
In the finale, with the entire company singing, the grand message of Falstaff can be understood: Everything in the world is a jest. Falstaff, the portly monarch, has... In the finale, with the entire ...
The MN Opera has unveiled its 2026-27 season, which will include "Ariodante," "Falstaff," and the world premiere of "the Many ...
Generally, it's said, people tend become more serious with the passing years. But after producing such dramatic masterpieces as "La Traviata," "Aida" and "Il Trovatore," the great Italian composer ...
On January 3, 1799, seven years after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s death from natural causes, Antonio Salieri’s Falstaff had its premiere at the Kärtnerthortheater in Vienna. (Such causes did not include ...
CORVALLIS — The Linn-Benton Opera Guild will preview the opera “Falstaff,” by Giuseppe Verdi, on Tuesday, May 7, at 7:45 p.m. at 303 Benton Hall, Oregon State University campus. Performance dates will ...