Verdi's Falstaff

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Verdi's_Falstaff
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Henry_IV,_Part_1
gptkb:The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor
gptkbp:catalogueNumber none (not numbered by Verdi)
gptkbp:character gptkb:Fenton
gptkb:Ford
gptkb:Alice_Ford
gptkb:Bardolfo
gptkb:Dr._Caius
gptkb:Meg_Page
gptkb:Mistress_Quickly
gptkb:Nannetta
gptkb:Pistola
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:La_Scala
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Giuseppe_Verdi
gptkbp:criticalReception acclaimed as a masterpiece
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Edoardo_Mascheroni
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Verdi's Falstaff
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Arrigo_Boito
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Sir_John_Falstaff
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Quand'ero_paggio
L'onore! Ladri!
gptkbp:notableFor Verdi was 79 at the premiere
features complex ensembles and rapid dialogue
libretto closely follows Shakespeare
one of only two comedies by Verdi
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:Tutto_nel_mondo_è_burla
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_Covent_Garden
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera
gptkbp:notableRecording Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic, 1966
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, 1956
Riccardo Muti, La Scala, 2001
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Otello
gptkbp:premiereDate 1893-02-09
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:La_Scala,_Milan
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Windsor,_England
gptkbp:setInPeriod early 15th century
gptkbp:Verdi's_last_opera true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Opera_Holland_Park
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6