MOS celebrates 20 operas with Verdi's 'Falstaff'

Mexico Ópera Studio (MOS) marks seven years of uninterrupted work in Monterrey and its 20th opera production with Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff." This milestone highlights the organization's growth in efficiency and artistic vision.

Rennier Piñero Lobo, director and stage manager for "Falstaff," emphasized the significance of reaching 20 productions. "Generating 20 opera stagings in seven years is an important achievement," he stated. "We decided that to celebrate those 20 titles, the logical step was to approach Verdi because he was the only great composer not yet featured in our productions' repertoire." MOS has previously staged works by Puccini, Bellini, Bizet, contemporary composers, and Mexican composers.

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Generating 20 opera stagings in seven years is an important achievement. We decided that to celebrate those 20 titles, the logical step was to approach Verdi because he was the only great composer not yet featured in our productions' repertoire.

The project also integrates Gerardo de la Torre, a regiomontano baritone with extensive experience in the United States, as the MOS's resident maestro starting September 2025. De la Torre, who has previously performed "Falstaff," now makes his Monterrey production debut with this staging. "He has already sung Falstaff. So for this twentieth production, we integrated Maestro Gerardo, the MOS directors, and graduates," Piñero explained.

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He has already sung Falstaff. So for this twentieth production, we integrated Maestro Gerardo, the MOS directors, and graduates.

Valeria Vázquez, a soprano and MOS graduate, is among the talents highlighted from this generation. The accumulated experience from staging 20 operas has allowed the organization to mature in timing, efficiency, and effectiveness. This process has forged a distinct working style, starting with artistic direction and extending to how musical work is understood through text, dramatic concept, and inherent conflicts.

The creative team delved into Shakespeare's character and Arrigo Boito's libretto, exploring why an octogenarian Verdi was drawn to "Falstaff." The production is being shown today and tomorrow in the Gran Sala of the Teatro de la Ciudad de Monterrey.

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It allows the organization to mature in timing, efficiency, and effectiveness. And it also forges a seal that obviously has as its starting point the people in charge of the artistic direction process, but it also generates a way of working with the casts, of understanding musical work from the word, from the dramatic concept, and from the conflicts contained within.