Family Matinee Performance

Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Arrigo Brito

Main Stage Opera presents a special abridged performance of Falstaff for those new to the genre. Step into a world of wit, charm and exuberance. Led by a narrator and featuring highlights from the full-length opera, this performance features piano accompaniment and a studio cast that cleverly weaves together characters and scenes from Giuseppe Verdi’s comic opera masterpiece Falstaff.

Tickets for this family and youth performance are $10 adults / $5 students and youth. Learn more about our full-length production of Falstaff featuring the Symphony Orchestra here.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles and English narration to guide families and youth!

Directed by David Glasgow
Conducted by Juan Dominguez
Piano: Young-Hye Min
Chorus Master: Richard W. Robbins
Choreographer: Lindsay Browning
Fight Director: Kit Wilder
Set Designer: R. Eric Stone
Lighting Designer: Andrew Carson
Costume Designer: Jennifer Flitton Adams
Narrator: Byron Jones

Suggested Show Rating: PG

Parents are the best judges of what is most appropriate for their children. While this production is abridged, due to the challenging language and format of opera, as well as some mature themes, including references to adultery and drinking, we recommend this performance for 12+. It also contains the use of theatrical haze and fog. Contact the Box Office for more information.

Digital Program

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Shenandoah Conservatory uses digital programs for all performances. In addition to their engaging and accessible design, digital programs are cost effective, environmentally friendly and enable us to create and update our programs more efficiently, which means we can focus our resources on the performances you love! View our digital programs by clicking the button above, scanning the QR code in our venue or texting PROGRAM to (540) 307-2336 at the performance. [Note: Digital programs are best viewed on your mobile or tablet device.]

Meet the Director

Universally acclaimed as one of Europe’s most original and progressive directors, and widely celebrated as the founder of the global #OperaHarmony movement, auteur-director Ella Marchment has also taken on leadership roles for international arts organizations and spoken and lectured at world-renowned companies and conservatoires, including Opera Europa in the Netherlands, the Royal Opera House in London, the Juilliard School in New York, and the Royal College of Music in London. She was previously director of the opera programme at Northern Illinois University and is the current artistic director of Manor Opera in the UK, and Opera Festival of Chicago. Visit www.ellamarchment.org to learn more.

Food & Drink

Concessions will be available for purchase beginning one hour prior to this performance.

Accessibility

Infrared hearing system headsets are available in Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre only. Accommodations for disabilities may be arranged by contacting the Box Office at least three days prior to the performance.

Photos by C King Media (Moscow, Cheryomushki, Spring 2024)