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    Falstaff

     

    2001 Sarasota Opera Production

    February 10, 13, 18m, 21, March 1, 4m, 9, 16, 22, 25

     

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    Lyric Comedy In Three Acts, Sung In Italian
    Text By Arrigo Boito
    Based On The Plays The Merry Wives Of Windsor 

    And Henry IV, Parts 1 And 2 By William Shakespeare

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    Conductor

    Victor DeRenzi


    Stage Director

    Stephanie Sundine


    Scenic Designer

    David P. Gordon


    Costume Designer

    Howard Tsvi Kaplan


    Lighting Designer

    Jeff Davis


    Wigs And Make-Up Designer

    Elsen Associates


    Chorus Master

    Roger L. Bingaman


    Assistant Conductor

    John Di  Costanzo


    Surtitle Supplier

    Words For Music


    Surtitle Translator

    Victor DeRenzi

     

    New Production Created By Sarasota Opera

     

     

    Cast

     

    Sir John Falstaff

    Todd Thomas


    Ford, Alice's husband

    Daniel Sutin

     

    Fenton

    Jonathan Boyd

     

    Dr. Caius

    Daniel Cafiero

     

    Bardolph, a follower of Falstaff

    Simeon Esper*

     

    Pistol, a follower of Falstaff

    Bryan Glenn Davis*

     

    Mrs. Alice Ford

    Suzanne Balaes

     

    Nannetta, the Fords' daughter

    Malinda Haslett

    Mrs. Quickly

    Ory Brown


    Mrs. Meg Page

    Lorraine Disimone

     

    * Studio Artist

     

    Sarasota Opera Orchestra
    Chorus: Sarasota Opera Apprentices

     

     

    Reviews

     

     

    “This production by the Sarasota Opera, blessed with superlative singer-actors, brilliant stage direction, and great sets, bubbled with high spirits throughout its three acts.”
    —Florence Fisher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

     

    “In every way Falstaff was a success. DeRenzi must be complimented for his respect for Verdi score, which sometimes shimmered with chamber music delicacy and other times erupted with an almost Beethovian range of orchestral color.”
    —Corinne Dunne, Naples Daily News

     

    “Sarasota Opera’s Falstaff is a triumph of interpretation and performance fully representative of Verdi’s great gifts.”
    —Norman Seigerman, The Pelican Press

     

    “Opera lovers, and especially afficionados of the works of Giuseppe Verdi, had discovered the wonders of a superlative performances by young artists in a model, small Sarasota Opera House where viewing and listening are far more pleasurable than in the big barns where our most celebrated companies are forced to perform.”
    —Byron Belt, Critic at Large, Newshouse News Service

     

    (Photos: Sarasota Opera)

     

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