Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Arrigo Boito Based On works by William Shakespeare Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Janos Ferencsik Staged by Paul Hager Designer Elemer Nagy Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Dr. Caius Howard Fried Sir John Falstaff Geraint Evans Bardolfo Raymond Manton Pistola Michael Langdon Mistress Meg Page Kerstin Meyer Mistress Alice Ford Wilma Lipp Nannetta, her daughter Jolanda Meneguzzer Dame Quickly Giulietta Simionato Ford Thomas Stewart Fenton Glade Peterson Innkeeper Colin Harvey Page Michael Demers Paul Gordon Thomas Kohout Show Dates Thu, Oct 11 1962, 8:30pm Tue, Oct 23 1962, 8:30pm Time and Place Windsor, England, during the reign of Henry IV Scenes (No scene breakdown was published) Major intermission after Act II Media Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Kerstin Meyer (Meg Page), Giuletta Simionato (Dame Quickly), Wilma Lipp (Alice Ford) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jolanda Meneguzzer (Nannetta), Wilma Lipp (Alice Ford), Kerstin Meyer (Meg Page), Giuletta Simionato (Dame Quickly) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Ford) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Manton (Bardolfo), Glade Peterson (Fenton), Thomas Stewart (Ford), Howard Fried (Dr. Caius), Michael Langdon (Pistola)) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Manton (Bardolfo), Thomas Stewart (Ford), Michael Langdon(Pistola) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Geraint Evans (Falstaff), Giulietta Simionato (Dame Quickly) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Kerstin Meyer (Meg Page), Giuletta Simionato (Dame Quickly), Wilma Lipp (Alice Ford), Jolanda Meneguzzer (Nannetta) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_06_compressed.pdf (10.29 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Multiscreen Scenery Projection System used. Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Kerstin Meyer (Meg Page), Giuletta Simionato (Dame Quickly), Wilma Lipp (Alice Ford) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jolanda Meneguzzer (Nannetta), Wilma Lipp (Alice Ford), Kerstin Meyer (Meg Page), Giuletta Simionato (Dame Quickly) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Ford) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Manton (Bardolfo), Glade Peterson (Fenton), Thomas Stewart (Ford), Howard Fried (Dr. Caius), Michael Langdon (Pistola)) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Manton (Bardolfo), Thomas Stewart (Ford), Michael Langdon(Pistola) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Geraint Evans (Falstaff), Giulietta Simionato (Dame Quickly) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Kerstin Meyer (Meg Page), Giuletta Simionato (Dame Quickly), Wilma Lipp (Alice Ford), Jolanda Meneguzzer (Nannetta) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones