When Baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. sings the title role in Falstaff, the last opera ever composed by Giuseppe Verdi, and only his second comic opera ever, it presents a homecoming of sorts. "What's ...

Lusty, foolhardy and hilarious, Sir John Falstaff is the kind of character actors relish sinking their teeth into, and Reginald Smith Jr. makes a meal out of him in Houston Grand Opera’s new ...

Hera Hysesang Park as Nannetta, Ailyn Pérez as Alice, Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Mistress Quickly in Verdi’s “Falstaff.” Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera Robert Carsen’s ...

Reginald Smith. Jr. and Nicole Heaston in Falstaff at Houston Grand Opera. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane If you want to know what walking on air sounds like, turn your attention to Giuseppe Verdi’s last ...

A scene from Opera Colorado's 2018 production of "Falstaff" at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. “Falstaff” holds a special place in the career of legendary opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. It ...

As bass baritone Craig Colclough tells it, being an opera singer seems like a lot of fun. Especially when you're playing "Falstaff." Colclough takes on the title role in Opera Saratoga's production of ...

Ambrogio Maestri has sung the title role in Verdi’s comedy hundreds of times, most recently for the Paris Opera. He’s also making room for a Puccini tragedy. By Rebecca Schmid For Ambrogio Maestri, a ...

Equally mischievous: Henry Waddington as Falstaff and Louise Winter as Mistress Quickly in Opera North’s production of Verdi’s FalstaffRichard H Smith Leslie Travers’ set is made of bits from other ...

The summer opera season got off to a boisterous start on Saturday night with Opera Saratoga's presentation of Verdi's "Falstaff." Based on Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," the opera is a ...

The Michigan State University College of Music Opera Theatre program produces two operas each academic year. Usually one is a small, chamber type opera and the other is a well known, large opera. This ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Over the six decades of his career, Giuseppe Verdi (1813­-1901) composed 28 ...