Fortunes of Falstaff • ... Falstaff . His effect of gravy , gravy , gravy.35 Falstaff's repeated ' gravy ' is a quibble , of course . But it is not just a feeble jest upon his table manners , as seems to be usually assumed : it follows upon the mention of ...
Falstaff • ... Falstaff . The idea of a performance at the Opéra Comique had always been more attractive . When its director , Léon Carvalho , had at- tended the Milanese première of Falstaff , Verdi and Ricordi had assured him that the first French ...