Verdi Falstaff

Falstaff is Verdis masterpiece of comic opera in which the behaviour of the ageing Sir John Falstaff a devious freeloader and wouldbe ladykiller causes uproar in the pettybourgeois household of the Windsors In this performance stage and film director Mario Martone updates the action to the present day and shows Falstaff as ageing rebel in dodgy sideburns and leather jacket