3-FALSTAFF 1799: SALIERI OPERA IS NOT FIRST FALSTAFF OPERA
For many years, #Salieri #Falstaff was falsely deemed the 1st #Shakespeare setting in Opera:
1st was Paris 1761 by #Papavoine
then 1794 by #PRitter & 1796 by #Dittersdorf, this last setting seems to have inspired Salieri!