Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi

Verdi's comic opera brings Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor to the stage at the Opera House. Sir John Falstaff, a penniless older man with grand ideas about his own charm, tries to seduce two wealthy married women at once to improve his finances. The women join forces and teach him a lesson he won't forget.

Peter Langdal's staging from 2013 is bright and colourful, with plenty of humour. Johan Reuter, one of Denmark's internationally recognised baritones, sings the title role, alongside Gisela Stille, Clara Cecilie Thomsen, Hanne Fischer and Kari Dahl Nielsen as the wives, and Gihoon Kim as Mr. Ford, a 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World winner.