The Merry Wives of Windsor

Sir John Falstaff, that most obscene and lusty of knights, has set his eye on both Alice Ford and Meg Page—two married women of unimpeachable reputation. Fortunately, the ladies are experts at handling men, whether they be Falstaff, their husbands, or the three suitors asking for the hand of young Anne Page. Nicolai’s playful score is among the best settings of Shakespeare to music.