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...plot comes straight out of an "I Love Lucy" episode. Lucy and Ethel go Elizabethan in the wily duo of Mrs. Alice Ford (Martha Warren) and Mrs. Meg Page (Allison Charney). Scheming against their ungainly admirer. Sir John Falstaff (William O. Beeman). The two women inevitably draw their husbands into the affair. Accused of infidelity by her jealous husband (David Williams). Mrs. Ford belts out a couple of high C's in literally one of the highest points in the opera...
Warren's professionalism is wonderfully matched in William O. Beeman's performance as Falstaff. With his booming voice and formidable stature. Beeman brings authenticity to his role. His jocund mannerisms further add to the illusion...
...spirit of Falstaff has descended upon the Harvard campus to celebrate the golden anniversary of the Lowell House Opera...
...show is produced and directed by Harvard students, and most of the people in the orchestra and crew are undergraduates. But the cast only contains four Harvard students. The remainder of the cast is made up of semi-professionals from local music schools except for Falstaff who is played by William Beeman, a professor of anthropology at Brown University...
...auditions, says Director Adam J. Fratto '90. "In the first round, they sing something prepared, and some roles get cast right there. Others we need to hear again. For instance when I heard Bill Beeman we knew he was the only one who could played the part of Falstaff," he says...