from 10 to 30 September 2024
If Falstaff were an animal, he would be a peacock. He plays the beau in front of the Merry Wives of Windsor, convinced, despite his paunch and his age, that he holds them under his spell. He goes so far as to send the same love letter to Mrs Ford and her friend Meg. But beware the women’s revenge, as they will not rest until he repents.
“All the world’s a farce” is the moral of this bittersweet
comedy inspired by Shakespeare. In bequeathing this final masterpiece at the
age of 80, Verdi displayed his extraordinary vitality and astonishing modernity
in his musical structure.
Dominique Pitoiset’s lively, effective staging shifts away
from the Elizabethan era to set Falstaff in the bourgeois world of the early
20th century, close to the era of the work’s composition. In so doing, he
reveals what undoubtedly moved the composer in this complex but fascinating
character: his profound humanity.
https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-24-25/opera/falstaff
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