Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Over the six decades of his career, Giuseppe Verdi (1813­-1901) composed 28 ...

Verdi’s last opera, composed when he was a ripe old 80, may have an elderly gent as its central character — but “Falstaff” is so full of rollicking life that it’s an excellent show for a young company ...

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 ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Metropolitan Opera will stage its first new production of Giuseppe Verdi's comic opera "Falstaff" in nearly 50 years on Friday and transmit a live performance next ...

A scene from Opera Colorado's 2018 production of "Falstaff" at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. “Falstaff” holds a special place in the career of legendary opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. It ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Falstaff” turned 124 years old this month, but in some ways, its return to the San Diego Civic Theatre on Saturday night seems right on time. Over the past two years, San Diego ...

Falstaff is an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, ...

Editor’s note: This story about Falstaff, which will be performed tonight at the Aspen Music Festival, was first published in The Aspen Times in July 2011 and has been updated. “Falstaff” is not like ...

Verdi’s only successful comedy, Falstaff, opens at San Diego Opera on Saturday, February 18, 7 p.m. There will be four performances running through February 26. Falstaff was the last opera Verdi ...