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Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Arrigo Boito Adapted from William Shakespeare's Play the Merry Wives of Windsor and from Passages from Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Arrigo Boito adapted from William Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor and from passages from Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. First Performance February 9, 1893 at La Scala, Milan Study Guide and Student Activity Guide for Pacific Opera Victoria’s Production, October, 2013 PRODUCTION PATRON: SEASON UNDERWRITERS SURTITLES SPONSOR PUBLIC FUNDING Pacific Opera Victoria 500-1815 Blanshard Street Victoria, BC V8T 5A4 Phone: 250.382.1641 CHORUS DEVELOPMENT ARTIST TRAINING EDUCATION PROGRAMS RAISING VOICES YOUTH PROGRAMS NRS Foundation Box Office: 250.385.0222 DAVID SPENCER Moss Rock Park Koerner MEMORIAL FUND FOUNDATION Foundation www.pov.bc.ca Welcome to Pacific Opera Victoria! This Guide to Falstaff has been created for anyone who would like to explore the opera in more detail. The opera experience can be made more meaningful and enjoyable when you have the opportunity to learn about the opera before attending the performance. The guide may also be used to help teachers prepare students for their visit to the opera. It is our hope that teachers will be able to use this material to expand students’ understanding of opera, literature, history, and the fine arts. These materials may be copied and distributed to students. Please visit http://www.pov.bc.ca. to download this guide or to find more information about Falstaff, including musical selections from POV’s Best of YouTube and artist biographies. POV Guides for other operas are also available for download. Please Note: The Dress Rehearsal is the last opportunity the singers will have on stage to work with the orchestra before Opening Night. Since vocal demands are so great on opera singers, some singers choose not to sing in full voice during the Dress Rehearsal in order to preserve their voice for opening night. Contents Welcome to Pacific Opera Victoria! ___________________________________________________________ 1 Cast and Creative Team ___________________________________________________________________ 2 Introduction _____________________________________________________________________________ 3 Synopsis _______________________________________________________________________________ 4 Verdi’s Last Laugh – The Miracle of Falstaff ____________________________________________________ 5 The Music of Falstaff ______________________________________________________________________ 7 The Composer: Giuseppe Verdi ______________________________________________________________ 9 The Librettist: Arrigo Boito _________________________________________________________________ 14 Meet Falstaff: Robert Holliston interviews Brian Bannatyne-Scott ___________________________________ 15 Resources and Links _____________________________________________________________________ 17 Student Activities ________________________________________________________________________ 19 Pacific Opera Victoria Study Guide for Falstaff 1 Falstaff A Lyric Comedy in Three Acts Music by Giuseppe Verdi / Libretto by Arrigo Boito adapted from William Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor and from passages from Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. First Performance February 9, 1893 at La Scala, Milan Student Dress Rehearsal October 15, 2013, at 7 pm Performances October 17, 19, 23, 25, 2013, at 8 pm. Matinée October 27 at 2:30 pm Royal Theatre, Victoria, BC In Italian with English surtitles Cast and Creative Team Cast in order of Vocal Appearance Dr. Caius, a physician .......................................................................... Christopher Mayell Sir John Falstaff, a fat knight ............................................................... Brian Bannatyne-Scott Bardolfo, one of Falstaff’s cronies ....................................................... Josh Lovell Pistola, another of Falstaff’s cronies .................................................... Jeremy Bowes Meg Page, a neighbour ........................................................................ Mia Lennox-Williams Alice Ford, wife of Ford ....................................................................... Joni Henson Mistress Quickly, a neighbour ............................................................. Megan Latham Nannetta, daughter of Alice Ford ....................................................... Rachel Fenlon Fenton, a young gentleman, in love with Nannetta ........................... Colin Ainsworth Ford, a wealthy man ............................................................................ Brett Polegato Artistic Director and Conductor......................................................... Timothy Vernon Director ................................................................................................ Glynis Leyshon Set and Costume Designer .................................................................. Leslie Frankish Lighting Designer................................................................................. Kevin Lamotte Chorus Master ..................................................................................... Giuseppe Pietraroia Stage Manager ...................................................................................... Sara Robb Assistant Stage Managers ..................................................................... Sandy Halliday, Peter Jotkus Principal Coach ................................................................................... Robert Holliston The Innkeeper of the Garter; Robin, Falstaff’s page; shopkeepers, townspeople, servants With the Victoria Symphony & the Pacific Opera Victoria Chorus PRODUCTION PATRON: Pacific Opera Victoria Study Guide for Falstaff 2 Welcome Welcome to Pacific Opera Victoria’s 100th production! We're coming full circle: our first production, in 1979, was The Merry Wives of Windsor, Otto Nicolai's adaptation of Shakespeare's play, featuring that incorrigible scoundrel, Sir John Falstaff. We're thrilled to reconnect with Falstaff, this time with Verdi's version, an altogether masterful interpretation that many believe transcends Shakespeare. How better to mark Verdi's bicentennial than with the old man's glorious parting shot – the greatest comedy in the Italian repertoire. Here is Verdi at the top of his game. About to turn 80, he gave us his last laugh – his first comedy in a half century, written for the sheer joy of it – a rich, layered feast about another old man who faces the indignities of age with irrepressible good humour. Shakespeare may have invented the character of Sir John Falstaff, but the portly, hard-drinking, womanizing scoundrel is the perfect fit for opera: he lives life large. Falstaff is a prodigious celebration of laughter and human resilience, with a miraculous score and a dizzying wealth of melody – it is in every way monumental. Pacific Opera Victoria Study Guide for Falstaff 3 SYNOPSIS Act One INISDE THE GARTER INN Sir John Falstaff sits drinking with his servants Bardolfo and Pistolo. In bursts Dr. Caius, accusing the men of robbing him while he was drunk. Falstaff dismisses the accusations and Caius storms out. Unable to pay his large bill at the Inn, Falstaff devises a plan: he will seduce two local matrons in order to gain access to their husbands’ money. When Bardolfo and Pistola claim that honour prevents them from carrying Sir John’s letters to the ladies, Falstaff dispatches a page instead, and throws his henchmen out. A GARDEN OUTSIDE FORD’S HOUSE Alice Ford and Meg Page amuse themselves comparing identical letters received from Sir John Falstaff. Meanwhile, in another part of the garden, Bardolfo and Pistola inform Alice’s jealous husband of Falstaff’s plot. All devise revenge on Falstaff: aging busybody Mistress Quickly will tell Falstaff that Alice is receptive to his advances, while Falstaff’s own servants will introduce Ford to the old knight under an assumed name. In the midst of this commotion, the Fords’ daughter Nannetta and her lover Fenton steal a few precious moments together. Act Two INSIDE THE GARTER INN Mistress Quickly brings a message to Falstaff that Alice will meet him in the afternoon when her husband is always away. She adds that both ladies are pining for him, and that neither knows of the other’s letter. Bardolfo then brings in Ford, introducing him to Falstaff as Mr. Brook, who spins a tale of long-unrequited love for Alice, pleading with the old knight for assistance in winning her affections. Falstaff replies that nothing could be easier – he already has an assignation with her. The jealous Ford struggles to maintain composure. A ROOM IN FORD’S HOUSE The ladies are preparing for Falstaff’s visit. Nannetta tearfully reveals that her father insists she marry Doctor Caius; Alice reassures her daughter. Falstaff arrives and begins his seduction of Alice, but Meg Page rushes in to warn the pair that Ford is approaching. They hide Falstaff behind a screen. Ford arrives with the other men; they begin searching for Falstaff in a large laundry basket. As they look elsewhere, the ladies bundle Falstaff into the basket. The men pull aside the screen only to discover Nannetta and Fenton in an embrace; Alice orders her servants to tip the basket (with Falstaff inside) into the Thames. Act Three OUTSIDE THE GARTER INN Falstaff soothes his injured pride over a glass of wine. Mistress Quickly arrives and assures him that Alice was an innocent in the events at Ford’s house, and that he should appear at “haunted” Windsor Park at midnight, dressed as Herne the Hunter. The others, including Ford (who has been admitted into the conspiracy), plan to dress
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