Falstaff NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (15)
See it if a shorter opera that is a comedy - very entertaining full of jokes, practical jokes, slapstick, plotting, and humor that ends in good fun!
Don't see it if to avoid overt sexual references, makes fun of fat & old people, you don't like opera (this is a funny one you may like anyway)
See it if are interested in a well acted funny opera with nice staging
Don't see it if long shows bother you or you just don't appreciate opera
See it if You enjoy the Met Opera and all the grandness it provides—the singing, the staging, the story.
Don't see it if You’re not willing to give Opera a chance, even ones that will make you laugh out loud.
See it if It's Verdi and Shakespeare. It's light and silly and fun. The staging is impressive without making the opera ABOUT the staging.
Don't see it if Unless you hate 1950's kitchens, Merry Wives of Windsor, or opera that's not tragic, this is worth your time. Also, there's a horse.
See it if you like a very clever production of Verdi's witty, funny and last opera. Well sung and staged. The opera bubbles with humor.
Don't see it if you like an opera with full arias. This opera is very unlike any other that Verdi ever wrote and it's the libretto by Boito that stands out. Read more
See it if you want to see a happy grand opera where nobody dies, with naturally beautiful music (it’s Verdi) beautifully sung and even well acted
Don't see it if you like your opera tragic, like most operas, because that makes them more powerful for some reason. The set is not great, just a big wall Read more
See it if You like opera with a talented tenor lead
Don't see it if You want a grand opera featuring many sopranos
See it if You love this music and you want to see a silly farce.
Don't see it if You only like intense opera.
Critic Reviews (3)
CRITIC’S PICK: “There’s a lot of fat-shaming in Verdi’s ‘Falstaff,’ but the opera has never really been a candidate for revision or cancellation, probably because the victim of those insults refuses to see himself as one. Eloquent and self-aggrandizing, ‘Falstaff’ proudly identifies with his stature.”
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“In ’Falstaff,’ Verdi and Boito not only took Shakespeare into a new genre but actually improved upon his characterizations...We are all a little pompous and deluded at times: best to laugh at ourselves whenever possible, have another glass of wine and make the best of it."
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“The chorus was in brilliant form, and the Met actors were superb in executing their craft. Without their virtuosity and skill, the show would have suffered. ‘Falstaff’ is a show in which everybody on stage has to pull their weight… Especially Falstaff with his enormous gut.”
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