1893 opera by Giuseppe Verdi (8)

I believe the answer is:

falstaff

(Other definitions for falstaff that I've seen before include "Jolly chap" , "Sir John in Shakespeare" , "Mendacious Shakespearean knight" , "big role at Stratford" , "Shakespeare's rumbustious fat knight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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