Aspen Music Festival: Verdi’s Falstaff

"Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, who has truly inhabited the titular role of Verdi’s comedy to become the Falstaff of our time, joins the artist-fellows of the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program. The comic opera in three acts—staged for the Benedict Music Tent—follows the misadventures of Sir John Falstaff, the portly knight who attempts to seduce two married women to gain access to their husbands’ fortunes. Based on Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, parts 1 and 2, the work was Verdi’s final opera."