No wonder the wealthy and successful composer agreed to write one more opera, his only comedic work, as he approached 80. “Falstaff” is based on a beloved Shakespearean character and will be seen in ...

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 ...

And yet the dreamy setting, the Wormsley estate where Garsington Opera has made its summer home for the past eight years, with its astonishing grounds and gardens, seems to impart an air of unreality, ...

The cycle of late Verdi works presented at Opera Vlaanderen in recent seasons wouldn't be complete without Falstaff. In this vibrant testament, the old master composed a final masterpiece in which he ...

Bruno Ravella's witty Garsington Verdi is a delight, with Henry Waddington a magnificent and deeply funny Falstaff and Richard Burkhard his perfectly matched Ford Garsington Opera (Photo: Marc ...