Falstaff

The story

This first-rate 1982 production of Verdi’s Falstaff marked the great 20th century Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini's return to opera conducting after more than a decade's absence. Renato Bruson leads a brilliant cast as the lovable fat knight Sir John Falstaff, going toe to toe in a series of hijinks with Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford) and Brenda Boozer (Meg Page).

Cast

R Renato BrusonSir John Falstaff K Katia RicciarelliMrs. Alice Ford L Leo NucciFord B Brenda BoozerMrs. Meg Page W William WildermannPistola B Barbara HendricksNannetta F Francis EgertonBardolfo L Lucia Valentini-TerraniMrs. Quickly G George MacPhersonOste J John DobsonDr. Cajus D Dalmacio GonzalesFenton