Falstaff
2001 Sarasota Opera Production
February 10, 13, 18m, 21, March 1, 4m, 9, 16, 22, 25
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)
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