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 ...

The irrepressible Sir John Falstaff has been variously described as a braggart and swaggart, the prince of rascals and by Giuseppe Verdi himself, “an amusing rogue.” No wonder the wealthy and ...

The cycle of late Verdi works presented at Opera Vlaanderen in recent seasons wouldn't be complete without Falstaff. In this vibrant testament, the old master composed a final masterpiece in which he ...

And yet the dreamy setting, the Wormsley estate where Garsington Opera has made its summer home for the past eight years, with its astonishing grounds and gardens, seems to impart an air of unreality, ...

After the darkness and death permeating Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” which Seattle Opera presented a few weeks ago, there could hardly be a stronger or more salubrious contrast than the brilliance and ...