when did he compose it?
The first act was completed by March 1890
Falstaff (opera)
The first act was completed by March 1890; the rest of the opera was not composed in chronological order, as had been Verdi's usual practice.
what is falstaff? A comic opera when did such type of opera start? UNANSWERABLE who composed it? Giuseppe Verdi
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Falstaff (opera) [SEP] Composition
They worked on the opera for a week, then Verdi and his wife Giuseppina Strepponi went to Genoa. No more work was done for some time. The writer Russ McDonald observes that a letter from Boito to Verdi touches on the musical techniques used in the opera – he wrote of how to portray the characters Nannetta and Fenton: "I can't quite explain it: I would like as one sprinkles sugar on a tart to sprinkle the whole comedy with that happy love without concentrating it at any one point." The first act was completed by March 1890; the rest of the opera was not composed in chronological order, as had been Verdi's usual practice.