Film

The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff

4.020232h 22mMusic

Director: Robert Carsen
Year: 2023

Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance, in Verdi’s glorious Shakespearean comedy. Maestro Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to oversee a brilliant ensemble cast that features sopranos Hera Hyesang Park and Ailyn Pérez, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, tenor Bogdan Volkov, and baritone Christopher Maltman.

Top cast

Hera Hyesang Park

Nannetta

Ailyn Pérez

Alice Ford

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Mistress Quickly

Jennifer Johnson Cano

Meg Page

Bogdan Volkov

Fenton

Michael Volle

Sir John Falstaff

Christopher Maltman

Ford

Carlo Bosi

Dr. Caius

Chauncey Packer

Bardolfo

Richard Bernstein

Pistola

Directed by

Robert Carsen, Habib Azar

Written by

Arrigo Boito