Giuseppe Verdi

Libretto: Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare’s plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and King Henry IV part I and II

First Performance: Teatro Alla Scala, Milan, February 9, 1893

First performance at the Israeli Opera: October 5, 1998

First performance of this production at the Israeli Opera: March 20, 2007

The great virtuosi of the Kirov return to Israel with their wizard of a conductor, Valery Gergiev, and perform Verdi’s last opera and his only comedy about the charming fat knight Sir John Falstaff who tries, with very little success, to woo the merry wives of Windsor in order to reach their husband’s purses.

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Dates

Tues 20.3 (20:00), Wed 21.3 (20:00), Thurs 22.3 (20:00), Fri 23.3 (13:00),

Sat 24.3 (20:00), Mon 26.3 (20:00), Tues 27.3 (20:00), Wed 28.3 (20:00),

Thurs 29.3 (20:00), Fri 30.3 (13:00)

Towards opening: Sat 24.3 (11:00)

Before the show back stage tours: Thurs 22.3 (19:00), Tues 27.3 (19:00), Wed 28.3 (19:00)

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