Trilogia d’Autunno: Verdi & Shakespeare
for the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-2013)
Falstaff
opera in three acts
libretto by Arrigo Boito
from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and William Shakespeare’s Henry IV
music by Giuseppe Verdi
Sir John Falstaff Kiril Manolov
Ford Francesco Landolfi
Fenton Matthias Stier
Dr. Cajus Giorgio Trucco
Bardolfo Matteo Falcier
Pistola Graziano Dallavalle
Mrs Alice Ford Eleonora Buratto
Nannetta Damiana Mizzi
Mrs Quickly Isabel De Paoli
Mrs Meg Page Anna Malavasi
The host of Giarrettiera Fabrizio Petrachi
Robin ,page of Falstaff Michael D’Adamio
conductor Riccardo Muti
direction Cristina Mazzavillani Muti
light design Vincent Longuemare
scenes Ezio Antonelli
costumes Alessandro Lai
visual design Davide Broccoli
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Choir of Teatro Municipale di Piacenza
choirmaster Corrado Casati
“DanzActori” Autumn Trilogy
Marta Capaccioli, Francesca De Lorenzi, Carlo Gambaro, Mirko Guerrini, Alberto Mario Lazzarini, Giorgia Massaro, Chiara Nicastro
new production
Ravenna Festival, Teatro Alighieri Ravenna, Teatro del Giglio Lucca, Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza, Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa Savona, Fondazione Teatro Comunale Ferrara
opera in three acts
libretto by Arrigo Boito
from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and William Shakespeare’s Henry IV