Who's Who in Opera:
Fenton
1. (Verdi: Falstaff). Tenor. Young man in love with Nannetta, daughter of the Fords (although in the original Shakespeare, he was in love with the Page daughter - see also (2) below). Aria: Dal labbro il canto estasia (‘From lover's lips a tender song’); duet (with Nannetta): Labbra di foco! (‘Lips that are burning!’). Created (1893) by Edoardo Garbin.
2. (Nicolai: Die lustige Weiber von Windsor). Tenor. In love with Anna Reich (Page). See (1). Created (1849) by Julius Pfister.
