As the saying goes, “Shakespeare invented him, Verdi made him immortal” – and, surely, it was Bryn Terfel who defined him. Terfel first sung Falstaff in 1999, and in 2021, the bass-baritone superstar returns once more to the role at Grange Park Opera. In a production by Stephen Medcalf first shown in the 17th century Farnese theatre in Parma in 2011 with designs that are truly Falstaffian including sensational backcloths by Italian supremo Rinaldo Rinaldi.

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Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre...

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A soldier in the Civil War suddenly finds himself out of place and out of time.

This opera was filmed live at La Scala in 1992. The all-star cast includes Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel...

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A filmed performance of the January 2016 world premiere production of Toshio Hosokawa's opera dedica...

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