Chicago – Ambrogio Maestri returns to embody the hero of the last masterpiece by Giuseppe Verdi’s: Falstaff. He have already play the role for more than 250 times, from New York to Tokyo, from London to Paris, from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires. This time he is directed by Riccardo Muti, who chose him for the role in 2001 at La Scala in Milan. The play is proposed in form of a concert, and it is scheduled for April 21st, 23rd and 26th in Chicago, with the collaboration of the Symphonic Orchestra of the city, of which Muti is musical director. With Falstaff culminates and ends the cycle of three operas by Verdi inspired by Shakespeare that Muti realized with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Maestri will also play Scarpia in Tosca in Monaco of Bavaria (May 11th and 14th) and in Berlin (June 9th and 15th); and again Falstaff in Budapest (May 22nd) and Birmingham (July 13th); and Don Pasquale at the Wiener Staatsoper (June 24th and 29th). (9Colonne)
