Falstaff - Encore

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Saturday is the Falstaff Encore in Calgary.

It will be 3 hours, 24 minutes, at the ScotiaBank Cineplex, Chinook and begins at  10:55 am.  You may find it at a theatre closer to you.

Here is the synopsis of Falstaff from the Cineplex Page 

An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century. Ambrogio Maestri (last season’s Dulcamara in the Opening Night production of L’Elisir d’Amore) sings the title role of the brilliant and blustery Sir John Falstaff, opposite a marvelous ensemble that includes Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe, Lisette Oropesa, and Franco Vassallo.

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Costuming alone might make you
want to go to this production

Also look at the New York Times Review by David Patrick Stearns: "In Metropolitan Opera's Falstaff, An Old Rogue Takes on a Dark Edge"

Melanie O'Neil reviews the work for the Boston Performing Arts Examiner.

Tommasini's Review is called "An Outsize Rapscallion Let Loose on Postwar England".  This reviewer says that "this “Falstaff” will enter the annals of opera history. "

Arta