The Teatro Carlo Felice is set to present Verdi’s “Falstaff.”

The Opera, which will open on March 7 and run through March 13 will star Ambrogio Maestri in his signature role of Sir John Falstaff and Ernesto Petti as Ford. They will be joined by Galeano Salas as Fenton, Blagoj Nacoski as Dottor Caius, Oronzo D’Urso as Bardolfo, Luciano Leoni as Pistola, Erika Grimaldi as Alice Ford, Caterina Sala as Nannetta, Sara Mingardo as Mrs. Quickly, and Paola Gardina as Mrs. Meg Page.

Jordi Bernàcer will conduct the production by Damiano Michieletto which features set design by Paolo Fantin, costumes by Carla Teti, and lightning by Alessandro Carletti.

In a statement, Jordi Bernàcer said “Verdi is fundamental for all of us who love 19th-century melodrama, but especially for those who today have the privilege of studying it and bringing it to life in our theaters. He is not only the genius who surprises us with each of his works, all pearls that make up a necklace of masterpieces but the very man who transforms opera starting from the forms established in the early 19th century and slowly transfiguring it through his works. Verdi is not only witness to a century of changes in all aspects, but the protagonist and engine of the transformation of Music in Europe.”

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