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).

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Cast

Renato Bruson

Sir John Falstaff

Katia Ricciarelli

Mrs. Alice Ford

Leo Nucci

Ford

Barbara Hendricks

Nannetta

Francis Egerton

Bardolfo