Falstaff

Overview

Based, in part, on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is Verdi's last work for the stage - and only his second comic opera. And yet the humour in this multilayered masterpiece is distinctly wry, for all the main characters exhibit an array of human weaknesses that are implacably exposed by Verdi and his librettist Arrigo Boito.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 16, 1987

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Cast

José van Dam,Laurence Dale,Mario Luperi

Director

André Flédérick

Writer

William Shakespeare,Arrigo Boito

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0766210