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 1963 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Janos Ferencsik Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Designer Elemer Nagy Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Dr. Caius, a physician Howard Fried Sir John Falstaff Geraint Evans Bardolfo Raymond Manton Pistola Peter van der Bilt Mistress Meg Page Janis Martin Mistress Alice Ford Mary Costa Nannetta, her daughter Jolanda Meneguzzer Dame Quickly Sona Cervena Ford, a wealthy burgher Thomas Stewart Fenton, a young nobleman Glade Peterson Innkeeper Colin Harvey Page Michael Demers Thomas Kohout Michael Hopson Show Dates Sat, Oct 12 1963, 8:30pm Time and Place Windsor, England, during the reign of Henry IV Scenes (No scene breakdown was published) Media Image Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Mary Costa (Alice Ford), Geraint Evans (Falstaff) Credit Pete Peters Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1963_06_compressed.pdf (10.89 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, 1963. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Mary Costa (Alice Ford), Geraint Evans (Falstaff) Credit Pete Peters