The last of Verdi’s 26 operas, Falstaff is the product of a composer in the twilight of his career – age 80, no less – but able to craft a Shakespearean masterpiece to top his resume. This comic farce follows the escapades of a boisterous, gluttonous knight trying to seduce two women to gain access to their husbands’ fortunes. Verdi ends the opera, and his musical life, not looking forward but back, with a fugue worthy of Bach. Opera Tampa’s new production embraces the wit and fast pace of a work innovative in its time, where the orchestra abandons the stop-and-go pattern of traditional Italian opera for a continuous musical commentary.

Performances:

March 12th and 14th, 2027 (Time TBA)

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