Falstaff (libretto)
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Falstaff (libretto) is Arrigo Boito’s Italian adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, written for Verdi’s comic opera Falstaff.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian-language libretto
ⓘ
adaptation of a literary work ⓘ opera libretto ⓘ |
| adaptationApproach | freely adapts and rearranges Shakespearean scenes ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Falstaff (opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Henry IV, Part 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Merry Wives of Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Alice Ford
NERFINISHED
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Bardolfo NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Caius NERFINISHED ⓘ Fenton NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ Meg Page NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistress Quickly NERFINISHED ⓘ Nannetta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pistola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingEnsembleType | fugue ⓘ |
| collaborator | Giuseppe Verdi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Falstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerOfAssociatedOpera | Giuseppe Verdi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOfAssociatedOpera | 9 March 1893 GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceVenueOfAssociatedOpera | Teatro alla Scala, Milan GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre | comic opera libretto ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Act I
ⓘ
Act II ⓘ Act III ⓘ |
| intendedGenreOfOpera | commedia lirica ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Arrigo Boito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySourceType | Shakespearean comedy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sir John Falstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
condenses multiple Shakespeare plays into a single comic plot
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written in verse ⓘ |
| notableLine | Tutto nel mondo è burla ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage performance ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | late 19th century ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublicationOfAssociatedScore | Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfVocalScore | Casa Ricordi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Windsor, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| theme |
bourgeois domestic life
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comic treatment of aging and desire ⓘ deception and disguise ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 16th century ⓘ |
| title | Falstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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