Opera di Roma

Falstaff

In Cinemas 3, 14 & 17 Feb 2027
Conductor
Michele Mariotti
Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Cast
Luca Salsi (Falstaff ), Maria Agresta (Mrs. Alice Ford), George Petean (Ford), Ekaterine Buachidze (Mrs. Meg Page), Violeta Urmana (Mrs. Quickly), Marina Monzò (Nannetta), Yijie Shi (Fenton), Carlo Bosi (Cajus)
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Director
Tatjana Gürbaca
Set Design
Henrik Ahr
Duration
Approx. 2h45 incl. an interval
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles
Captured live from Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome, 11 Oct 2026
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Opera in three acts (1893)

New Production! Verdi’s final opera returns to the Teatro Costanzi in a sparkling new production by award-winning director Tatjana Gürbaca, conducted by Michele Mariotti and led by one of today’s foremost Verdi baritones, Luca Salsi, as the irrepressible Sir John Falstaff.

Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, the opera follows the ageing, cash-strapped knight as he plots to seduce two resourceful wives to restore his fortunes – only to become the target of their brilliantly orchestrated revenge.

As jealous husbands, quick-witted women and young lovers collide, Verdi’s late style fizzes with razor-sharp ensembles, flowing lyricism and a jubilant final fugue that wryly reminds us that “tutto nel mondo è burla” – everything in the world is a joke.

Opera di Roma

Taking its current name at the advent of the republic, Rome’s beautiful opera house, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma was first inaugurated in 1880, as Teatro Costanzi. The company hosted the world premiere of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Puccini’s Tosca among others.

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