The Inspector April 29, 2011

A new comic opera from the GRAMMY-nominated team who brought you Volpone! This hilarious case of mistaken identity features Waiting for Guffman-style antics and a laugh-out-loud libretto that makes you wish all operas were this fun!

* Based loosely on Nikolai Gogol's The Government, The Inspector is set in 1930s Sicily in a fictional small town not far from Palermo. A crafty drifter is perceived to be a high-ranking government inspector by town officials, who go to great comic lengths to hide the extent of their corruption.
* John Musto's witty and tuneful music exploits the local colors of the Sicilian setting, and Mark Campbell's fleet and incisive libretto ridicules the corruption and bureaucracy of government and the folly of self-deception.

Artistic Personnel and Cast (as of 6/24/10)

Conductor - Glen Cortese
Director - Leon Major
Scenic Design - Erhard Rom
Costume Design - David O. Roberts
Lighting Design - Robert H. Grimes

Mayor Fazzobaldi - Robert Orth (WTOC alumnus)
Bernadetta, the Mayor’s wife - Luretta Bybee (WTOC alumna)
Beatrice, their daughter - Anne-Carolyn Bird (WTOC alumna)
Tancredi, mistaken for the Inspector - TBD
Cosimo, his sidekick - William Sharp

Official Website: http://www.wolftrap.org/Home/Find_Performances_and_Events/Performance/1011Barns/0427show11.aspx