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Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff

Season 50 Episode 22

Verdi’s Shakespearean comedy features an ensemble cast in Robert Carsen’s staging, with baritone Michael Volle performing in his first Verdi role at the Met as the knight Falstaff, tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance.

Aired: 08/05/23
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Remainder Trust Worchell Lawrence, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.
Extras
Erin Morley, Thomas Oliemans, and Brenton Ryan sing an excerpt from "Die Zauberflöte"
Experience director Simon McBurney’s Met debut of Mozart’s opera.
In 1998 in Durham, England, a First Folio vanishes without a trace.
Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari examine one of Shakespeare's First Folios.
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
King Charles III examines the First Folio of King Charles I.
The cast of "Champion" perform an excerpt of "Seventeen Blows."
An opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith.
Sting discusses the core messages behind the dance program "Message in a Bottle."
A family celebrates the marriage of their brother, set to the music of Sting.
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Experience director Simon McBurney’s Met debut of Mozart’s opera.
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
An opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith.
Experience Kate Prince’s dance and theater show set to the songs of Sting.
New York City Ballet presents an evening of works by George Balanchine and Justin Peck.
Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut.
Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy includes Lise Davidsen, Samantha Hankey and more.
Great Performances presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer night concert.
Great Performances presents Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish symphony.
Tenor Piotr Beczała leads the cast in the title role of the mysterious swan knight.