" There will be new-to-the-Met productions of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin, " Nico Muhly's "Two Boys" and Verdi's "Falstaff' that already have debuted in Europe.

WSJ: Met cuts ticket prices following box office slump

Well, in a sense, he had written him, as Falstaff, the man of appetite and wit who sees through the game of honor and fidelity.

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Levine, sidelined since May 2011, will lead revivals of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" starting Sept. 24 and Berg's "Wozzeck" beginning March 6, the company said Tuesday, and a new-to-the-Met staging of Verdi's "Falstaff" (Dec. 6) that appeared at London's Royal Opera in 2012 and Milan's Teatro alla Scala this year.

WSJ: Met cuts ticket prices following box office slump