Le Falstaff de Manfredo Maggioni et Michael Balfe : façonner un opéra italien pour le public anglais by Céline Frigau

“…Based on Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor, Michael Balfe’s Falstaff, created in 1838 for London’s Italian opera audiences, was the work of an Italian librettist, Manfredo Maggioni, and an Irish composer, a first in a theatre where only Italian maestri were commissioned for new works. …”
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L’Amleto d’Arrigo Boito : deux versions énigmatiques avec Ducis et Dumas en dialogue by Costantino Maeder

“…Hamlet had been translated and adapted for the stage and for the opera several times. However, from the very beginning of the 18th century, authors like Ducis simply rewrote from scratch totally unauthentic versions which (mis)guided most French and Italian reception of Shakespeare. …”
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