Reginald Smith, Jr. as the immortal Falstaff. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane When Baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. sings the title role in Falstaff, the last opera ever composed by Giuseppe Verdi, and only ...

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 ...

Los Angeles finally has its first new “Falstaff” in decades. We’re not alone. Verdi’s last opera, for some of us the finest comic opera and finest Shakespearean opera of all, a marvel of transcendent ...

Lusty, foolhardy and hilarious, Sir John Falstaff is the kind of character actors relish sinking their teeth into, and Reginald Smith Jr. makes a meal out of him in Houston Grand Opera’s new ...

Giuseppe Verdi was just 26, a fledgling composer and newly widowed when he wrote his first comic opera, “Un Giorno di Regno” (“A One-Day Reign”). But the two-act comedy bombed and closed after one ...

A scene from Opera Colorado's 2018 production of "Falstaff" at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. “Falstaff” holds a special place in the career of legendary opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. It ...

Like its title character, the Metropolitan Opera’s old production of Verdi’s Falstaff was a tattered relic­. Leonard Bernstein conducted the opening of Franco Zeffirelli’s staging in 1964, which ...

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 ...

Reginald Smith. Jr. and Nicole Heaston in Falstaff at Houston Grand Opera. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane If you want to know what walking on air sounds like, turn your attention to Giuseppe Verdi’s last ...

The summer opera season got off to a boisterous start on Saturday night with Opera Saratoga's presentation of Verdi's "Falstaff." Based on Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," the opera is a ...