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Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff Cast Milan Siljanov — Sir John Falstaff Felicitas Wrede — Alice Ford Fleuranne Brockway — Meg Page Luna Seongeun Park — Nannetta Chelsea Laggan — Mistress Quickly Minki Hong — Ford Dafydd Jones — Fenton Adam Catangui — Dr Caius Mark Kurmanbayev — Pistola Wu Fei — Bardolfo Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra Verbier Festival Academy Atelier Lyrique Chorus Vincenzo Milletarì — Conductor Program notes Maestro Vincenzo Milletarì leads a concert production of Verdi’s final operatic masterpiece, Falstaff, with the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra and talented young vocalists from the festival’s Atelier Lyrique! This opera buffa in three acts, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, follows the adventures and misadventures of the knight Jon Falstaff (played by bass-baritone Milan Siljanov). To pay off his debts, Falstaff attempts to seduce and swindle two wealthy women in the town of Windsor, Alice Ford and Meg Page — but the ladies, wise to his machinations, decide to set a trap of their own… The master of Italian opera concludes his career on a note of joy and levity in this perennially delightful comedy, in which “all the world’s a farce.“ Venue: Salle des Combins (Verbier, Switzerland) Broadcast date: Sunday, August 4, 2024
