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 ...

Christopher Hahn is wrapping up his tenure as Pittsburgh Opera's general director. “Everything in the world is a jest ... but he laughs well who laughs the final laugh.” So sings Shakespeare’s rotund ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pittsburgh Opera’s performance of “Falstaff” kicks off this week.

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 ...

In case we had to be reminded—after the Met’s recent Laffont Competition lineup, where three Juilliard singers were among the 10 finalists—the Juilliard School is among the top sources of the next ...

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 ...

Verdi was 80 when he finished turning Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor into a comic opera. Gatti’s 2012 production aimed to draw out its tenderness Giuseppe Verdi was in his late 70s and thinking ...