Chicago classical review
Turning the Bard’s fat knight into a reasonably attractive young lothario was a smart touch, and the robust baritone Christian Pursell as Falstaff earned one’s sympathies as he suffered multiple indignities at the hands of the merry wives, including being dunked in an offstage swimming pool. (“Who invited that slimeball?” sneered one of the resort guests, per Cori Ellison’s slangy translation in the surtitles.)
JOHN VON RHEIN