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Falstaff (Italian pronunciation:) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, by William Shakespeare.
Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle (Falstaff, or The Three Jokes) is a dramma giocoso in two acts by Antonio Salieri, set to a libretto by Carlo Prospero Defranceschi after William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, parts 1 and 2. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan. Verdi composed Falstaff, which was the
The prologue to the opera, set in Heaven, is a favourite concert excerpt. Libretti. Boito's literary powers never waned. As well as writing the libretti for his own operas, he wrote them for greater operas by two other composers. As "Tobia Gorrio" (an anagram of his name), he provided the libretto for Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda ...
Eduard von Grützner's Falstaff with big wine jar and cup shows the traditional jolly and comical depiction of Falstaff that Welles rejected. Welles considered Falstaff "Shakespeare's greatest creation" [108] and said the role was "the most difficult part I ever played in my life."
Giuseppe Verdi. The following is a list of published compositions by the composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901).. The list includes original creations as well as reworkings of the operas (some of which are translations, for example into French or from French into Italian) or subsequent versions of completed operas.
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Falstaff is an Italian-language opera by Michael William Balfe, written to a libretto by Manfredo Maggioni, given at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 19 July 1838. [ 1 ] Recordings