VOLPONE - FLETCHER OPERA INSTITUTE
JOHN MUSTO/MARK CAMPBELL
UNCSA - John Musto & Mark Campell's Volpone
Stage Director: Eve Summer
Conductor: John McKeever
Scenic Design: Jessica Trementozzi
Costume Design: Annika Low
Lighting Design: Sky Bento
WHMU Design: Heather Hardin
Prop Design: Riley Lange
Photography: Gentle Grace Photography
Cast: Lawrence Hall, Toby Bradford, Scott Lee, Joyner Horn, David Maize, Kameron Alston, Margaret Ann Zentner, Danielle Romano, André Peele, Carson Weddle, Spencer DesChenes, Angelina Bassi, Gabi Meinke
Volpone at A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at University of North Carolina School of the Arts
“Volpone by UNCSA’s Fletcher Opera Institute Delights Sonically and Visually…
Guest artist Eve Summer, the stage director, is also a producer and choreographer. The latter skill shows in the way the singers/actors moved around the stage in gorgeous swirling patterns and hilarious “fight” scenes. Particularly funny was a "sword" that is barely visible…
The director’s choice to set these memorable characters in a world of grace and beauty served to enhance their humanity on one hand while throwing their venality into sharp relief on the other…
There are enough puns and one-liners to tickle, but the humor is more situational than farcical…
The house servants open the show, moving like a Greek chorus and singing a ridiculous dirge about the imminent demise of their master…three wily stooges, who were consistently humorous without ever mugging…
If you think you don’t like opera, I challenge you to attend this one… Bravissimo all around!”
Classical Voice of North Carolina