Falstaff - Montpellier Opera house (2026) - Falstaff - Opéra-Orchestre National de Montpellier (2026)

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After two postponements, this highly anticipated production finally arrives in Montpellier.

"With Falstaff, his final opera, Verdi created a dazzling comedy, punctuated by incisive dialogue and sparkling music. In this burlesque farce, the pot-bellied, boastful knight believes he can seduce with impunity, but he comes up against the intelligence and solidarity of women. David Hermann makes it a biting satire of toxic masculinity, where intrigues, disguises and misunderstandings follow one another in an effervescent production, somewhere between burlesque and social critique. Carried by the alert direction of Michael Schønwandt – back for our greatest pleasure at the helm of the Orchestre de Montpellier – Verdi's teeming score deploys its jubilant energy: twirling ensembles, bouncy rhythms and a dizzying final fugue which reminds us, with Falstaff, that "everything in the world is a farce"!"

More information is available on the official website of the opera house.