Born in Venice and orphaned in his early teens, the talented Salieri was discovered by the composer Leopold Gassmann, who ...

Reginald Smith, Jr. as the immortal Falstaff. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane When Baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. sings the title role in Falstaff, the last opera ever composed by Giuseppe Verdi, and only ...

Reginald Smith. Jr. and Nicole Heaston in Falstaff at Houston Grand Opera. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane If you want to know what walking on air sounds like, turn your attention to Giuseppe Verdi’s last ...

Lusty, foolhardy and hilarious, Sir John Falstaff is the kind of character actors relish sinking their teeth into, and Reginald Smith Jr. makes a meal out of him in Houston Grand Opera’s new ...

Hera Hysesang Park as Nannetta, Ailyn Pérez as Alice, Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Mistress Quickly in Verdi’s “Falstaff.” Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera Robert Carsen’s ...

Ambrogio Maestri has sung the title role in Verdi’s comedy hundreds of times, most recently for the Paris Opera. He’s also making room for a Puccini tragedy. By Rebecca Schmid For Ambrogio Maestri, a ...

The Greek National Opera will revive the highly successful production of the comic opera Falstaff for six performances at the ...

The Michigan State University College of Music Opera Theatre program produces two operas each academic year. Usually one is a small, chamber type opera and the other is a well known, large opera. This ...

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Equally mischievous: Henry Waddington as Falstaff and Louise Winter as Mistress Quickly in Opera North’s production of Verdi’s FalstaffRichard H Smith Leslie Travers’ set is made of bits from other ...

LEBANON, N.H. Verdi's opera "Falstaff" combines Shakespeare's character of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "King Henry IV" to create one of the very few comedies in the golden age of Romantic opera.

Equally mischievous: Henry Waddington as Falstaff and Louise Winter as Mistress Quickly in Opera North’s production of Verdi’s Falstaff She says this shows they’re aspirational but living ...