Falstaff (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfalstaf]) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was...
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Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully...
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play with songs, opera has come to include numerous genres, including some that include spoken dialogue such as Singspiel and Opéra comique. In traditional...
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(Balfe), an opera by Michael William Balfe Falstaff (Salieri) an opera by Antonio Salieri Falstaff (Verdi), an opera by Giuseppe Verdi Falstaff (Elgar),...
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The Merry Wives of Windsor (category Plays adapted into operas)
The Merry Wives of Windsor or Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed...
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association with Opera Ireland for RTÉ Céline Frigau Manning: Le Falstaff de Manfredo Maggioni et Michael Balfe : façonner un opéra italien pour le public...
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Giuseppe Verdi (category Italian opera composers)
with the opera Aida (1871), with three late masterpieces: his Requiem (1874), and the operas Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893). His operas remain extremely...
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confused with the French opéra comique and opéra bouffe. Comic characters had been a part of opera until the early 18th century, when opera buffa began to emerge...
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Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle (Falstaff, or The Three Jokes) is a dramma giocoso in two acts by Antonio Salieri, set to a libretto by Carlo Prospero Defranceschi...
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Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff staged in 1893. French composers eagerly seized upon the Italian model and made it their own, calling it opéra comique. Early...
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