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Author’s Note: This opera is through-composed with no strict scene delineations. Indications are given here of when the action changes, or particular arias or duets, at the author’s discretion. Other breakdowns may vary.

Act One

Scene One

• Introduction
• What hoa, what hoaâ€� - Shallow, Evans, Slender, Page, Bardolf, Pistol, Nym, Simple
• ‘Ahemâ€�, ‘I had rather than forty shillingsâ€� - Anne, Slender
• ‘This is my father’s choiceâ€� - Anne, Fenton
• ‘Hark ye, master Slender would speak a word with youâ€� - Page, Anne, Fenton
• ‘Vere is dat knave Rugby?â€� - Caius, Rugby, Simple, Quickly, Fenton

Scene Two

• Episode
• ‘How now, mine Host of the Garterâ€� - Bardolph, Nym, Pistol, Host, Falstaff
• ‘Wilt thou revenge?â€� - Pistol, Nym, Ford
• ‘Love my wife? I will be patientâ€� - Ford, Mrs. Ford, Mrs Page

Act Two

Scene One

• Introduction
• ‘Thine own true knightâ€� - Mrs. Page, Mrs. Ford
• ‘Sigh no more ladiesâ€� - Quickly, Mrs. Page, Mrs. Ford

Scene Two

• ‘Bardolph! Bardolph, I say!â€� - Falstaff, Bardolph, Quickly
• ‘Go thy ways, go thy ways, old Jack!â€� - Falstaff
• ‘There’s one Master Brook belowâ€� - Bardolph, Ford, Falstaff
• ‘Ha, is this a vision?â€� - Ford
• ‘Vere is mine hostâ€� - Caius, Host, Slender, Shallow, Page

Act Three

Scene One

• Introduction
• ‘Yet hear me speakâ€� - Fenton, Host
• ‘Fair and fair and twice so fairâ€� - Host, Chorus of Young Women
• ‘But listen, good mine Hostâ€� - Anne Page, Chorus of Young Women, Host

Scene Two

• Introduction
• ‘When as we sat in Papylonâ€� - Evans, Simple
• ‘Yonder he’s comingâ€� - Simple, Evans, Shallow, Slender, Host, Page, Caius
• ‘Come, Master Fordâ€� - Page, Ford, Simple, Slender, Shallow, Caius, Evans, Host, Rugby

Scene Three

• Introduction
• ‘What, John! What, Robert!â€� - Mrs Ford, Mrs Page, John, Robert, Quickly
• ‘Alas, my love, you do me wrongâ€� - Mrs Ford, Falstaff
• ‘Mistress Ford!â€� - Quickly, Mrs Ford, Falstaff, Mrs Page
• ‘When I was a bachelorâ€� - Ford, Men’s Chorus, Mrs Ford, Robert, Page
• ‘Is not there a double excellency in this?â€� - Mrs Page, Mrs Ford, Ford, Evans, Caius, Slender, Shallow, Host, Page, Pistol, Nym, Rugby, Chorus

Act Four

Scene One

• Introduction
• ‘Pardon me, wifeâ€� - Ford, Mrs Ford, Page, Mrs Page, Evans
• ‘There is an old tale that goes Herne the hunterâ€� - Mrs Page, Mrs Ford, Page, Ford, Evans, [Anne Page, Quickly, Shallow, Simple, Bardolph, Robert, Nym, Host, John, Rugby, Pistol with] Chorus
• ‘Master Doctor a word with youâ€� - Mrs Page, Slender, Page, Caius, Evans, [Principals with] Chorus
• Interlude

Scene Two

• Introduction
• ‘The Windsor bell hath struck 12â€� - Falstaff, Mrs Ford, Mrs Page, Anne, Chorus
• ‘But till ‘tis 1 o’clockâ€� - Quickly, Chorus, Anne
• Dance of the Fairies - Caius, Slender, Robin, William, Anne, Fenton,
• ‘But stay! I smell a man of middle earthâ€� - Evans, Falstaff, Chorus [and Principals], Quickly
• ‘Nay, do not flyâ€� - Page, Mrs Page, Ford, Mrs Ford, Host, Bardolph, Nym, Pistol, Quickly, Evans
• ‘Yet, be cheerful, knightâ€� - Page, Mrs Page, Shallow, Slender, Simple, William, Caius, Robin, Rugby, Ford
• ‘My heart misgives meâ€� - Mrs Page, Chorus, Fenton, Anne, Page
• ‘Stand not amazedâ€� - Falstaff, Anne, Mrs Page, Mrs Ford, Quickly, Fenton, Pistol, Chorus [and remaining principals]

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.