Details

Based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Salieri's opera tells the tale of lecherous Sir John Falstaff's unsuccessful attempts to seduce Mistress Slender and Mistress Ford and the wives' ultimate revenge on the incorrigible old knight.

Cast/Performers

Anthony Stuart Lloyd (Falstaff), Julie Unwin (Alice Ford), Craig Smith (Ford), Rebecca Bottone (Nanetta), Thomas Walker (Fenton), Wendy Dawn Thompson (Meg), Harriet Williams (Mistress Quickly), Christopher Ovenden (Dr Caius), Alan Fairs (Pistol), Ronnie Samm (Bardolph)

Creatives/Company

Music: Salieri
Company: English Touring Opera
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Design: Joanna Parker
Lighting: Tina MacHugh