Savonlinna Opera Festival
Verdi’s comic treat
Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performances:13.7. (premiere), 15.7.2016 at 19.00
Sung in Italian.Finnish and English surtitles.Duration approximately 3 hours. One interval.
Cast includes: Kiril Manolov (Falstaff), Federico Longhi (Ford), Giovanni Sebastiano Sala (Fenton), Giorgio Trucco (Caius), Matteo Falcier (Bardolfo), Graziano Dallavalle (Pistola), Eleonora Buratto (Alice Ford), Damiana Mizzi (Nannetta), Isabel De Paoli (Mrs. Quickly), Anna Malavasi (Mrs. Meg Page).
DanzActori Ensemble di Ravenna FestivalOrchestra Giovanile Luigi CherubiniCoro del Teatro Municipale di Piacenza Chorus master Corrado Casati
Verdi’s comic treat
Who could possibly resist women and the hedonistic joys of life? Not Sir John Falstaff, at least. He tries to delude himself about the hearts of women and even money. But this time the gentleman is going to bite off a bit more than he can chew.
Falstaff is one of two Ravenna Festival Shakespeare productions. This final work of Verdi’s career is being performed for the first time at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.
Conductor: Nicola PaszkowskiStage director: Cristina Mazzavillani MutiVisual design: Davide BroccoliStage design: Ezio Antonelli Costumes: Alessandro LaiLighting design: Vincent Longuemare
A Ravenna Festival production