Saturday 10 December 2016 at 7.30pm

 

Falstaff

 

Verdi                                       Falstaff

Conductor                              Timothy Redmond

Falstaff                                    Keel Watson

Ford                                        Mark Stone

Alice                                        Michelle Walton

Fenton                                    Elgan Llyr Thomas

Nannetta                                 Margo Arsane

Meg Page                               Bianca Andrew

Mistress Quickly                     Yvonne Howard

Caius                                      Philip Sheffield

Bardolfo                                  Peter Van Hulle

Pistole                                     Matthew Hargreaves

Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus

“Keel Watson was born to play Falstaff” London Evening Standard

“The performance was stunning from start to finish… the production had a power which held the audience spellbound.” Cambridge Evening News on The Adventures of Pinocchio (2015)

To mark the end of this year’s Shakespeare 400 celebrations, the Cambridge Philharmonic proudly presents a semi-staged concert performance of one of the greatest comic operas ever written.

“Tutto nel mondo è burla!” says Sir John Falstaff: ‘all the world’s a joke!’

Award-winning young director Daisy Evans and an all-star cast, led by Keel Watson in the title role, will bring Verdi’s final opera to the West Road stage. Following critically-acclaimed, sold-out productions of The Adventures of Pinocchio, Carmen and Peter Grimes, this performance of Falstaff promises to be a highlight of the season.

West Road Concert Hall