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Opera in the park: Falstaff

Giuseppe Verdi, De Nationale Opera

Picnic at the Oosterpark with Verdi's comic masterpiece Falstaff on the big screen

True to its traditions the Holland Festival will present an opera screening in the open air at the beautiful Oosterpark in Amsterdam. You are invited to bring your own picnic and enjoy an opera which is shown on a big screen simultaneously with the performance at the National Opera & Ballet. Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff is a scintillating comic opera about Shakespeare’s burlesque creation the big, fat and boastful knight Sir John Falstaff. The music is performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the choir of the Dutch National Opera under the direction of Daniele Gatti. This new staging has received rave reviews in London and Milan. The leading Falstaff interpreter of our time, Ambrogio Maestri, stars as Falstaff. The entrance to the park is free of charge.

dates

Sat June 28 2014 10:00 PM

information

  • Italian

  • Duration of performance unknown (inclusief een pauze)

credits

music Giuseppe Verdi libretto Arrigo Boito musical direction Daniele Gatti direction Robert Carsen set design Paul Steinberg costumes Brigitte Reiffenstuel cast Ambrogio Maestri (Sir John Falstaff), Fabio Capitanucci (Ford), Paolo Fanale (Fenton), Carlo Bosi (Dottore Cajus), Patrizio Saudelli (Bardolfo), Christian Van Horn (Pistola), Fiorenza Cedolins (Mrs. Alice Ford), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Nannetta), Daniela Barcellona (Mrs. Quickly), Maite Beaumont (Mrs. Meg Page) orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra choir Chorus of Dutch National Opera rehearsal leader Bruno Casoni coproduction Dutch National Opera, ROH Covent Garden London, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Metropolitan Opera New York, Canadian Opera Company Toronto

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