A very important birthday is due this October; important and special on two counts, being a bi-centenary and the great opera master Giuseppe Verdi. With the Maltese opera-population used to being treated to high-calibre operas in Gozo, patrons may set all their plans to celebrate this important 200th birthday of the world’s favourite and most-performed opera composers with his last masterpiece – Falstaff.

The Aurora is putting on a production of Falstaff on Saturday, the 12th of October at 7.30pm, which is just two days away from the composer’s birthday. It is no secret that the opera-market on the islands is somewhat small in size. So opera patrons are being given the chance to secure their most-preferred seats by the end of July, with the offer of a 10% discount on tickets bought by the end of the month.

At present, tickets may be booked at the theatre’s Box Office, by telephone, on 21559452 or email on info@leone.org.mt. Further information may be obtained from the theatre’s website www.teatruaurora.com.

However, in the coming days, a new theatre website is being launched, which will include an online ticket purchasing system.

The full cast for this year’s Falstaff will be announced in due course, however, the Aurora theatre is proud to announce that world-renowned Italian baritone Paolo Gavanelli will be performing the title role.

In the world of opera, Gavanelli has been lauded as “the foremost Verdi baritone of his generation – arguably the only truly authentic representative of this apparently dying breed active today” (Hugh Canning, Musicologist).

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