Bay Shore Lyric Opera presents
FALSTAFF BY VERDI
ADAPTED FROM SHAKESPEARE’S ‘THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR’
SUNG IN ENGLISH WITH ORCHESTRA
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019, 7:00PM
BERKELEY HILLSIDE CLUB
2286 CEDAR STREET, BERKELEY CA
Conductor: John Graulty
Stage Manager: Ben Jammin Holck
CAST
Falstaff: Chris Wells, Baritone
Ford: Julio Ferrari, Baritone
Alice Ford: Eliza O'Malley Soprano
Meg Page: Cheryl Moore, Mezzo Soprano
Nanetta: Kristin Genis-Lund, Soprano, Soprano
Dame Quickly: Rachel Warner Contralto
Fenton: Chad Somers, Tenor
Dr. Caius: Brent Peterson, Tenor
Bardolfo: Jon Bartlett, Tenor
Pistola: Riley Saito, Bass-Baritone
Verdi’s sophisticated Shakespearean comedy Falstaff brimming with backfired plans, failed disguises, and uproarious personalities comes to our ‘Opera in the Park’ series. This brilliant opera—Verdi’s last—features one of Shakespeare’s most memorable characters: the rotund and lovably oafish knight Falstaff, from the Bard’s Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor. In this operatic take, Falstaff attempts to seduce two wealthy (and married) women—but they concoct their own scheme to expose him for a fool.