May 17, 2015 3pm
May 20, 2015 7:30pm
May 23, 2015 7:30pm
Huntington Avenue Theatre
SIR JOHN IN LOVE
By Ralph Vaughan Williams
Libretto by the composer, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor
BOSTON PREMIERE
Sir John in Love is a rare delight: a sly, witty, colorful, and articulate depiction of the Bard in English opera. Vaughan Williams’s version of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor follows the exploits of the immortal Sir John Falstaff—lover, con man, charmer, tawdry knight—whose imagination and egocentricity skewer the best and worst in human nature. Add a pair of innocent young lovers, a handful of hapless suitors, plots, counterplots, and some good-natured revenge for a tale of hijinks in the grand tradition of Shakespearean comedy, set against a score rich with Elizabethan lyrics and melodies, including “Sigh no more, ladies,” and the beloved Fantasia on Greensleeves.
“If Odyssey’s sweet-tempered production is typical of what the festival has in store, the Brits should take up residence.”
–The Boston Globe
Cast and Creative
Oren Gradus
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
Michael Chioldi
FORD, A CITIZEN OF WINDSOR
Samuel Levine
FENTON, A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF THE COURT AT WINDSOR
Megan Pachecano
ANNE PAGE, PAGE’S DAUGHTER
Courtney Miller
MRS. FORD
Mara Bonde
MRS. PAGE
Cindy Sadler
MRS. QUICKLY, HOUSEKEEPER TO DR. CAIUS
George Cordes
PAGE, A CITIZEN OF WINDSOR
Matthew DiBattista
SIR HUGH EVANS, A WELSH PARSON
James Demler
PISTOL, A SHARPER ATTENDING ON FALSTAFF
Jonathan Cole
NYM, A SHARPER ATTENDING ON FALSTAFF
Stanley Wilson
BARDOLPH, A SHARPER ATTENDING ON FALSTAFF
Jesse Darden
SLENDER, A FOOLISH YOUNG GENTLEMAN
Sumner Thompson
DR. CAIUS, A FRENCH PHYSICIAN
Robert Honeysucker
HOST OF THE GARTER INN
Ethan Bremner
SHALLOW, A COUNTRY JUSTICE
Jacob Scharfman
RUGBY, DR. CAIUS’S SERVANT
Andy Papas
PETER SIMPLE, SLENDER’S SERVANT
Ted Palés
JOHN, FORD’S SERVANT
Barratt Park
ROBERT, FORD’S SERVANT
Erin Merceruio Nelson
JENNY PLUCKPEARS, NYM’S SWEETHEART
Sophie Michaux
ALICE SHORTCAKE, BARDOLPH’S SWEETHEART
Coleman Rose
ROBIN, FALSTAFF’S PAGE
Melinda Sullivan
Choreographer
Joshua Major
STAGE DIRECTOR
Gil Rose
CONDUCTOR
PRODUCTION TEAM
Stephen Dobay…Scenic Designer
Katherine Stebbins…Costume Designer
Dennis Parichy…Lighting Designer
Rachel Padula Shufelt…Hair and Make-up Designer
Media
- Sir John in Love Reviews
This post will be updated as more reviews are published…. - Production Photos: Sir John in Love
Photos by Kathy Wittman | Ball Square Films - Program Notes: Sir John in Love
Ralph (pronounced Rafe) Vaughan Williams was born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire,… - Video Preview: Vaughan Williams’ Sir John in Love
Artistic Director Gil Rose, stage director Joshua Major, bass Oren…
