Verdi's Falstaff
Richard Jones (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – With Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page)...
演员阵容
Richard Jones — 舞台导演
Ultz — 布景设计师
Mimi Jordan Sherin — 照明
Linda Dobell — 动作指导
Christopher Purves — 福斯塔夫
Dina Kuznetsova — 爱丽丝·福特
Tassis Christoyannis — 福特
Jennifer Holloway — 梅格·佩奇
节目注释
Falstaff in Richard Jones' delightful production for the Glyndebourne Festival.
Although it contains elements of tragic heroism, typical of Verdi’s operas, it is comedy that is very much to the fore in Falstaff. No aria di bravura is to be found, as would be the case in Bellini's or Puccini's works. In Falstaff, Verdi uses the music to simply hold the storyline together.
Drawing inspiration from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is a shallow, vain and pitiful character, not a hero. It is the women in the story who are the true heroes. They trick the lustful Fasltaff and Mrs Quickly best expresses the moral of the story: women are cunning as a fox!
