Falstaff

As the saying goes, “Shakespeare invented him, Verdi made him immortal” – and, surely, it was Bryn Terfel who defined him. Terfel first sung Falstaff in 1999, and in 2021, the bass-baritone superstar returns once more to the role at Grange Park Opera. In a production by Stephen Medcalf first shown in the 17th century Farnese theatre in Parma in 2011 with designs that are truly Falstaffian including sensational backcloths by Italian supremo Rinaldo Rinaldi.

Cast

Bryn Terfel

Sir John Falstaff

Natalya Romaniw

Alice Ford

David Stout

Ford

Chloe Morgan

Nanetta

Luis Gomes

Fenton

Sara Fulgoni

Mistress Quickly

Janis Kelly

Meg Page

Mark Le Brocq

Dr Caius

Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts

Bardolfo

Lukas Jakobski

Pistola