Vasily Sokolov as Sir John Falstaff. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Vasily Sokolov as Sir John Falstaff. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Anna Semenyuk as Mrs Slender. Alexandra Nanoshkina as Mrs Alice Ford. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Valery Makarov as Mr Ford. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Alexandеr Kolesnikov as Mr Slender. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Vasily Sokolov as Sir John Falstaff. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Valery Makarov as Mr Ford. Vasily Sokolov as Sir John Falstaff. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Alexandra Nanoshkina as Mrs Alice Ford. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Alexandra Nanoshkina as Mrs Alice Ford. Vasily Sokolov as Sir John Falstaff. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Vasily Sokolov as Sir John Falstaff. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.

Vasily Sokolov as Sir John Falstaff. Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theatre.