Overview
This first-rate 1982 production of Verdi’s Falstaff marked the great 20th century Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini's return to opera conducting after more than a decade's absence. Renato Bruson leads a brilliant cast as the lovable fat knight Sir John Falstaff, going toe to toe in a series of hijinks with Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford) and Brenda Boozer (Meg Page).
Cast
- Renato Bruson as Sir John Falstaff
- Katia Ricciarelli as Mrs. Alice Ford
- Leo Nucci as Ford
- Brenda Boozer as Mrs. Meg Page
- William Wildermann as Pistola
- Barbara Hendricks as Nannetta
- Francis Egerton as Bardolfo
- Lucia Valentini-Terrani as Mrs. Quickly
- George MacPherson as Oste
- John Dobson as Dr. Cajus