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On sale in 2021
Berkshire Opera Festival (BOF) returns to the Mahaiwe stage in 2021 with none other than one of the greatest comedic operas ever composed, Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff.
Falstaff is adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV. One of only two comedies written by Verdi and his final opera (written when Verdi was almost 80 years old), Falstaff tells the story of Sir John Falstaff’s fruitless search for money by writing love letters to wealthy women and the hilarious trouble that ensues.
The Cast:
Baritone Sebastian Catana – Sir John Falstaff
Soprano Mathilda Edge – Mrs. Alice Ford
Baritone Thomas Glass – Ford
Mezzo-soprano – Catherine Martin – Mrs. Quickly
Soprano Jasmine Habersham – Nannetta
Tenor Jonas Hacker – Fenton
Tenor Keith Jameson – Bardolfo
And featuring the Berkshire Opera Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor – Brian Garman
Stage Director – Jonathon Loy
Approximate running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes including one intermission
Sung in Italian with projected English translations.