Falstaff
As the saying goes, “Shakespeare invented him, Verdi made him immortal” – and, surely, it was Bryn Terfel who defined him. Terfel first sung Falstaff in 1999, and in 2021, the bass-baritone superstar returns once more to the role at Grange Park Opera. In a production by Stephen Medcalf first shown in the 17th century Farnese theatre in Parma in 2011 with designs that are truly Falstaffian including sensational backcloths by Italian supremo Rinaldo Rinaldi.
Cast
Bryn Terfel
Sir John Falstaff
Natalya Romaniw
Alice Ford
David Stout
Ford
Chloe Morgan
Nanetta
Luis Gomes
Fenton
Sara Fulgoni
Mistress Quickly
Janis Kelly
Meg Page
Mark Le Brocq
Dr Caius
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Bardolfo
Lukas Jakobski
Pistola
Storyline
As the saying goes, “Shakespeare invented him, Verdi made him immortal” – and, surely, it was Bryn Terfel who defined him. Terfel first sung Falstaff in 1999, and in 2021, the bass-baritone superstar returns once more to the role at Grange Park Opera. In a production by Stephen Medcalf first shown in the 17th century Farnese theatre in Parma in 2011 with designs that are truly Falstaffian including sensational backcloths by Italian supremo Rinaldo Rinaldi.
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