Reginald Smith, Jr. as the immortal Falstaff. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane When Baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. sings the title role in Falstaff, the last opera ever composed by Giuseppe Verdi, and only ...

The irrepressible Sir John Falstaff has been variously described as a braggart and swaggart, the prince of rascals and by Giuseppe Verdi himself, “an amusing rogue.” No wonder the wealthy and ...

Reginald Smith. Jr. and Nicole Heaston in Falstaff at Houston Grand Opera. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane If you want to know what walking on air sounds like, turn your attention to Giuseppe Verdi’s last ...

In Steppenwolf Theatre’s “Amadeus,” running through January, Antonio Salieri is the villain. That play and its 1984 film adaptation repeated fictions that have tarred the composer’s reputation for ...

A scene from Opera Colorado's 2018 production of "Falstaff" at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. “Falstaff” holds a special place in the career of legendary opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. It ...

Hera Hysesang Park as Nannetta, Ailyn Pérez as Alice, Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Mistress Quickly in Verdi’s “Falstaff.” Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera Robert Carsen’s ...

Lusty, foolhardy and hilarious, Sir John Falstaff is the kind of character actors relish sinking their teeth into, and Reginald Smith Jr. makes a meal out of him in Houston Grand Opera’s new ...

As bass baritone Craig Colclough tells it, being an opera singer seems like a lot of fun. Especially when you're playing "Falstaff." Colclough takes on the title role in Opera Saratoga's production of ...

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Los Angeles finally has its first new “Falstaff” in decades. We’re not alone. Verdi’s last opera, for some of us the finest comic opera and finest Shakespearean opera of all, a marvel of transcendent ...