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The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff (2013)
Directed by Gary Halvorson, Robert Carsen
Overview
Music Director James Levine conducts his first new Met production after a two-year absence: Robert Carsen’s hit staging of Verdi’s great human comedy. Ambrogio Maestri is an ideal Falstaff, leading an extraordinary ensemble cast of veteran and up-and-coming Met stars, including Angela Meade (Alice), Stephanie Blythe (Mistress Quickly), Franco Vasallo (Ford), and Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg). Lisette Oropesa and Paolo Fanale are the young lovers, Nannetta and Fenton.
Actors
Ambrogio Maestri | Franco Vassallo | Angela Meade | Lisette Oropesa | Jennifer Johnson Cano | Stephanie Blythe | Paolo Fanale | Carlo Bosi | Keith Jameson | Christian van Horn | MET Orchestra