Falstaff, one of Verdi's greatest comic opera masterpieces was created on this day in 1893! Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff follows the deeds and misdeeds of Sir John Falstaff, a sly and charming man whose arrival creates a stir in the rich Ford family… To celebrate, watch tenor FRANCESCO DEMURO as Fenton—a young man madly in love with the daughter of M.Ford, Nannetta—as he performs "Dal labbro il canto" alongside maestro Daniel Barenboim with the Staatskapelle Ber

Madam Ford and Madam Page receive Falstaff's love letters. "Merry Wives" premieres Friday, May 20th at 9/8c on PBS. #PBSForTheArts [VID: Here, read, read: perceive. I shall think the worst of fat men as long as I have an eye to make difference of men's liking. I wonder what tempest threw this whale with so many tons of oil in his belly ashore? How shall I be revenged on him? I think the best way is to entertain him with hope till the wicked fire of lust melts him into his own grease. Did you eve

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