The final chapter of the Falstaff story is a difficult one to write. It involves thousands of people losing their jobs, a family losing the company they had built for generations, historic breweries ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the 1960s dawned in America, Falstaff stood at the height of its success. It was the third largest brewery in America after only Anheuser-Busch and Schlitz. Meanwhile, the decline of regional ...

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

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 ...

Falstaff turning up the heat on his telecaster. Credit: Photo by Alex Wagner Johnny Falstaff is a good time lovin’, honky tonkin’, guitar slinging daddy. Usually decked out in suits reminiscent of ...

Henry Waddington relishes every moment as the blustering Sir John in a sustainably staged production of Verdi’s final opera, played and performed with an unfailing sense of humour As the ...

Perfection is not of this world, and indeed we have difficulty even in conceiving of what it could be. We suspect that it might be boring and therefore, paradoxically, imperfect. Our natures are ...

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 ...

Falstaff is a glutton, a coward and an idler. His enthusiasms include drinking, boasting, petty criminality and, when the chance presents itself and his body doesn't fail him, sex. To be "Falstaffian" ...