
Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Geraldine Decker (Quickly) and Arthur Edwards (Falstaff) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Willene Gunn (Quickly), Karan Armstrong (Alice) and Adrienne Leonetti (Meg) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Carol Webber (Nannetta), Alyce Rogers (Meg), Dolores Strazicich (Alice) and Geraldine Decker (Quickly) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Leonard Eagleson (Bardolfo), Donald Collins (Ford), and Archie Drake (Bardolfo) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Willene Gunn (Quickly) and Geraint Evans (Falstaff) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Michael Cousins (Fenton) and Ashley Putnam (Nannetta) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Adrienne Leonetti (Meg) and Karan Armstrong (Alice) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Michael Cousins (Fenton), Stanley Wexler (Pistola), Victor Braun (Ford), John Duykers (Dr. Caius), and Howard Fried (Bardofo) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Geraint Evans (Falstaff) and ensemble in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Sir Geraint Evans was Seattle Opera's first Falstaff. Seattle Opera's first production of Verdi's comic Shakespearean masterpiece.

Michael Cousins (Fenton), Stanley Wexler (Pistola), Victor Braun (Ford), John Duykers (Dr. Caius), and Howard Fried (Bardofo) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Geraint Evans (Falstaff) and Willene Gunn (Quickly) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif

Geraint Evans (Falstaff) in Verdi’s Falstaff, 1978 © Stewart Reif