Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff was performed this evening at the Hungarian State Opera, Budapest.
Falstaff was Verdi’s last opera, written in the composer’s ninth decade, and was only the second of his 28 operas to be a comedy.
Falstaff was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare’s plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. It premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan to great success.
Source: mti.hu
Photos: Bea Kallos
