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Falstaff
Falstaff is a comic opera by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. It is made up of three acts. Arrigo Boito turned William Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor and parts of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, into an Italian libretto. On February 9, 1893, the work was first performed at La Scala in Milan.
Falstaff was the last of Verdi's 28 operas, and he wrote it as he was about to turn 80. It was his second comedy and, after Macbeth and Othello, his third work based on a Shakespeare play.
The Story
Falstaff, a fat, old knight, wants to steal money and have fun by seducing two married women. Alice and Meg get the same invitation letter, making them laugh. They are dumbstruck that the fat older man would expect them to collapse. To teach Falstaff a lesson, they plan to befool him for a while, leaving him to wonder if they have accepted the invite.
Alice's husband, Ford, finds out about Falstaff's scheme, but he has no idea about the joke Alice has planned, so he feels deceived. Falstaff is in the middle of chaos and mixed messages because many stories are happening simultaneously.
History of Performance
Falstaff was performed for the first time on February 9, 1893, at La Scala in Milan. This was almost six years after Verdi's last premiere. The first night's official ticket pricing was thirty times the average. Royalty, critics, aristocracy, and top artists from all over Europe were there. Edoardo Mascheroni led the performance, which was a huge success. Some songs were played again, and the cheer for Verdi and the cast continued for an hour. At the Grand Hotel de Milan, the composer, his wife, and Boito were greeted by a large crowd and a great deal of commotion.
A total of twenty-two performances took place in Milan during the subsequent two months. In March, Verdi and his wife finally made the trip out of Milan. Ricordi asked the composer to go to the April 14 performance of the opera in Rome to keep the momentum and excitement alive.
Verdis, Boito, Giulio Ricordi, King Umberto I, and other important political and royal figures of the time were there. From the Royal Box, the king brought Verdi to the crowd with great applause. Phillips-Matz says this was the first time Verdi had received "national recognition and apotheosis," something that had never been done before.