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 ...

Translating Shakespeare to a new style is a theatrical tradition as time honored as the Bard himself. In the last couple of years, Oregon Shakespeare Festival has produced Coriolanus in Portland with ...

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 ...

A sound rule of operatic thumb: A director may take all sorts of liberties with the time and place of a time-honored opera, provided he knows what he’s doing and can get away with it.

Cinnabar Theater’s 2014-15 season ends on a high note with “Falstaff.” Performed entirely in English, this irreverent opera combines Verdi’s glorious score with Shakespeare’s uproarious rogue.

The Greek National Opera will revive the highly successful production of the comic opera Falstaff for six performances at the Stavros Niarchos Hall. Performances run 15 February - 5 March. Verdi’s ...