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"Falstaff" at California Theatre

Dates: (2/11/2023 - 2/26/2023 )

Theatre:

California Theatre

Opera San José

345 1st Street, San Jose
San Jose, 95113

Phone: (408) 437-4450

Tickets: $55-$195

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Women take charge in Opera San Jose’s rollicking production of Verdi’s Falstaff. Adapted from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, this hilarious and beloved comedic masterpiece offers a joyful look at one of the Bard’s most popular characters, the boisterous knight Sir John Falstaff, and his misadventures at the hands of four witty women. The classic production will feature notable role debuts by some of America’s leading new voices. Stage direction is by Jose Maria Condemi, Director of Opera and Musical Theatre at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and OSJ Music Director Joseph Marcheso conducts. Casting includes Darren Drone as Falstaff, Chanae Curtis as Alice Ford, Natalia Santaliz as Nanetta, Megan Esther Grey as Dame Quickly, Eugene Brancoveanu as Ford, Shanley Horvitz as Meg Page, Jonghyun Park as Fenton, Marc Molomot as Bardolfo, and Zhengyi Bai as Dr. Caius. Falstaff will be sung in Italian, with English and Spanish supertitles.

WHEN:
7:30pm, Saturday, February 11
2:00pm, Sunday, February 12
7:30pm, Thursday, February 16
2:00pm, Sunday, February 19
7:30pm, Friday, February 24
2:00pm, Sunday, February 26

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