Falstaff

Synopsis

Falstaff is Verdi’s masterpiece of comic opera, in which the behaviour of the ageing Sir John Falstaff, a devious freeloader and would-be ladykiller, causes uproar in the petty-bourgeois household of the Windsor’s. In Berlin, Mario Martone updates the action to the present day and shows Falstaff as ageing rebel in dodgy sideburns and leather jacket. Among the “exquisit vocal cast”, Michael Volle gives his debut in the title role “as if he had been preparing for this role for a lifetime” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung).

Additional Info

• No: A05050660
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor
• Artists: Michael Volle, Daniela Barcellona, Barbara Frittoli, Nadine Sierra, Stephan Rügamer
• Production year: 2018
• Run time: 02:22:00
• Director: Stage Director: Mario Martone
• Producers: Staatsoper Unter den Linden in cooperation with UNITEL
• Format: 4K