A FEW FACTS ABOUT FALSTAFF.- FALSTAFF`S LIBRETTO WAS WRITTEN BY ARRIGO BOITO,VERDI`S CLOSE FRIEND AND LIBRETTIST.
- BOITO IS AN OPERA COMPOSER AS WELL.
- VERDI OPPOSED THE IDEA STRONGLY, BUT BOITO TOGETHER WITH PUBLISHER GULIO RICORDI WERE TRYING DISCRETELY ALL THE TIME.
- VERDI WROTE TO BOITO :YOU SHOULD NOT EXPECT ME TO FALL INTO THIS.FOR NOTHING IN THE WORLD I WOULD NOT TRY IT.DO NOT COUNT ON THE FACT OF MY GOOD HEALTH.
- RICORDI AND BOITO TOGETHER WITH VERDI WERE DINING IN MILAN.BOITO SAID TO RICORDI : I HAVE COMPLETED THE LIBRETTO,VERDI PRETENTED NOT TO HEAR.BOITO STOOD UP HE RAISED A GLASS AND SAID :TO THE BIG BELLY,THEY ALL STOOD UP AND LOOKED AROUND.
- NO ONE WAS FAT AMONG THEM.RICORDI SPELLED FOR THE FIRST TIME :FALSTAFF!!!!!!!!!
- SO STARTED VERDI`S NEW TROUBLE
- WITH THIS OPERA VERDI LEAVES BEHIND HIM ANY PERSONAL STYLE,GONE IS THE CLASSIC OPERA FORM,GONE IS THE VERISMO AS WELL.THE NEW ERA IS PRESENTED IN ITALY BY THE YOUNGEST CHILD.THE 76 YEARS OLD VERDI.
- A SHADOW OF A WOMAN ,OTHER THAN GIUSEPPINA STREPPONI,VERDI`S WIFE PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS NEW OPERA.TERESA STOLZ.
- AFTER STREPPONI`S DEATH TERESA BECAME VERDI`S COMPANION TILL HIS DEATH.NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVEN ABOUT AN AFFAIR WITH THE MASTER.
- THE TRILIA WHICH OPENS THE THIRD ACT OF FALSTAFF IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE HUMOUR THE COMPOSER WAS AT THE TIME OF THE COMPOSITION.
- WORLDWIDE THE NEWS FOR VERDI`S NEW OPERA ARE TRAVELLING.
- GENTLE REQUESTS BY MUSICOLOGISTS TO ATTEND REHEARSHALLS ARE KINDLY TURNED DOWN BY THE MASTER.
- FEVER AT THE SCALA DI MILANO.VISIONS ABOUT THE PREMIER ARE THE TOPIC OF THE ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS.
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