The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Artist’s Choice broadcasts wrap up with a selection by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Verdi’s "Falstaff" led by Leonard Bernstein in 1964.
From the Met: "Maestro Bernstein made his Met debut that season with this comedic masterpiece based on Shakespeare. The performance features Anselmo Colzani as the irrepressible Sir John Falstaff. He’s joined by Gabriella Tucci as Alice, one of the merry wives of Windsor that Falstaff attempts to seduce."
This marks the first re-airing of this broadcast — one of only two productions that Leonard Bernstein conducted with the Metropolitan Opera.
Read the synopsis from the Metropolitan Opera.
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Arrigo Boito
CAST
Sir John Falstaff: Anselmo Colzani
Alice: Gabriella Tucci
Mistress Quickly: Regina Resnik
Ford: Mario Sereni
Nannetta: Judith Raskin
Fenton: Luigi Alva
