Falstaff

Directed by Brian Large and Ronald Eyre

With Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Leo Nucci, Brenda Boozer and William Wildermann

This first-rate 1982 production of Verdi’s Falstaff marked the great 20th century Italian maestro Carlo Maria Giulini's return to opera conducting after more than a decade's absence. Renato Bruson leads a brilliant cast as the lovable fat knight Sir John Falstaff, going toe to toe in a series of hijinks with Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford) and Brenda Boozer (Meg Page).