Giuseppe Verdis masterpiece and last opera at TNSC. Composed by VERDI with text by Boito after Shakespeare comedy: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'.
The comedy turns between the mischief of the voluminous character Sir John Falstaff, at Windsor during the reign of Henry IV. in which he tries to seduce and obtain money, from two married women, from the cunning Mistress Quickly and Mistresses Page and Ford!
Full of dynamic compositions and some melodies with great mastery in orchestration, score and voices. Baritone Pietro Spagnoli, endowed with a voice that has placed him in the greatest operatic theaters, is particularly interpretive, which contributes to his broad figure and big paunch, but his voice was often drowned out by the excessive volume of the orchestra.
With sets and props from the Teatro Regio in Parma, directed by Jacopo Spirei. We highlight lyric soprano Dora Rodrigues in expression and voice timbre!
This opera is filled with comments on love, honor and finally the human condition and vanity, reflecting Verdi's genealogy. The orchestra direction by Maestro Antonio Pirolli, which is dynamic and vibrant, but we would like, however, if the very strong sound of the orchestra did not cover the voices, especially in the crucial moments of the singers and in the emission of their high notes, so that the voices are project over the orchestra.
Act 1. Falstaff (baritone Pietro Spagnoli), rambles about honor, having failed to get Bardolph tenor L.Pinheiro and Pistola (Miguel Ángel Zapater-Bass) to deliver love letters to Mistresses Meg Page (mezzo-Catia Moreso) and Alice Ford (Dora Rodrigues-Soprano), they compare the cards and solve to trick Faltaff! They ask Mrs Quickly (Maria Luiza de Freitas- mezzo) to arrange a visit with a big man. Ford (André Baleiro-baritono) troubled due to his daughter Nannetta (Rita Marques-Soprano) who loves Fenton (Michele Angelini-Tenor) and refuses to marry Dr. Caius (Marco Alves dos Santos-tenor).
Act 2. Mistress Quickly tells Falstaff that Alice is waiting for him, between hours two and three. And several episodes follow, till a laundry basket is carried and they torment and hide Faltaff inside.
Act 3. The Intrigue continues, Fenton disguised as Oberon, sings a beautiful aria to Nannette.
Falstaff leads the company until the final 'Fuga'; 'TUTTO NEL MUNDO E BURLA'.