Word: operas
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...spirit of Falstaff has descended upon the Harvard campus to celebrate the golden anniversary of the Lowell House Opera...
Shakespeare's famous character is one of the main players in this year's opera, Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor which opened Wednesday night and will play through next weekend. The libretto is based on Shakepeare's play of the same name...
Founded in 1938 by the Lowell House Music Society, the Lowell House Opera has put on a show every year since then except for seven years during World War II. Most of the past shows have been in English, and other performances have included The Threepenny Opera, The Golden Apple and The Conversion of Saint Pelagia the Harlot, an original piece written by two Harvard undergraduates...
...opera was cast in December and began rehearsing in January. The casting process usually includes several stages of 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...
Fratto has directed pop operas before such as The March of the Falsettos here on campus, but this is his first attempt at a traditional opera...