The voice of William Shakespeare continues to resonate centuries later, inspiring some of the greatest works in opera and ...

In Steppenwolf Theatre’s “Amadeus,” running through January, Antonio Salieri is the villain. That play and its 1984 film adaptation repeated fictions that have tarred the composer’s reputation for ...

After writing tragic opera after tragic opera, Verdi, at 83, shocked his contemporaries with a comedy written with youthful joy. He also conjured the lyrical spirit of William Shakespeare—no easy feat ...

Corpulent Sir John Falstaff has fallen on hard times. He plans to seduce two wealthy wives of Windsor: Alice Ford and Meg Page to help mitigate his plight. However, when the ladies discover he has ...

Falstaff, based on The Merry Wives of Windsor, was Verdi’s third Shakespearean opera, an opera buffa which the composer longed to write, especially following on from his successful Macbeth and Otello.