PROGRAM: LIVE SIMULCAST OF SAN FRANCISCO OPERA’S FALSTAFF FREE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 / 8:00 PM / FROST AMPHITHEATER

PROGRAM Falstaff (sung in Italian with English subtitles) Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Arrigo Boito, after The Merry Wives of Windsor and parts of Henry IV by William Shakespeare

CAST (in order of appearance)

Sir John Falstaff Bryn Terfel Bardolfo Greg Fedderly Pistola Andrea Silvestrelli Mistress Quickly Meredith Arwady Mistress Meg Page Renée Rapier Mistress Alice Ford Ainhoa Arteta SAN FRANCISCO Nannetta Heidi Stober Fenton Francesco Demuro OPERA’S Ford Fabio Capitanucci FALSTAFF

TIME AND PLACE

PRODUCTION Windsor, England, on the banks of the Thames, during the reign of Henry IV Nicola Luisotti, Conductor Olivier Tambosi, Director ACT I Scene 1: A taproom of the Garter Inn Scene 2: The garden of Ford’s house Frank Philipp Schlössmann, Scenery and Costume Designer Christine Binder, Lighting Designer ACT II Scene 1: The taproom of the Garter Inn Ian Robertson, Chorus Director Scene 2: A room in Ford’s house

*INTERMISSION*

ACT III Scene 1: Outside the Garter Inn Scene 2: Herne’s Oak in Windsor Forest

The performance will last approximately three hours. A separate program will be provided at the simulcast.

This production of Falstaffis owned by Lyric Opera of Chicago and is made possible by a generous and deeply appreciated gift from Abbott Laboratories.

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn Presenting sponsors Tad & Dianne Taube and the Koret Foundation. off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms, and unwrap all lozenges prior to the performance. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you.

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