Falstaff

(2021)

Genres: Music, Comedy

Year: 2021

Runtime: 127 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Andy Quick

Cast: Bryn Terfel, Natalya Romaniw, David Stout, Chloe Morgan, Luis Gomes, Sara Fulgoni, Janis Kelly, Mark Le Brocq, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Lukas Jakobski

Plot

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.