THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Otto Nicolai

DATE	TIME	VENUE	BUY TICKETS
July 7	2:00 PM	Berkeley Hillside Club
July 14	2:00 PM	SF Legion of Honor
July 21	2:00 PM	Napa Valley Opera House	Call NVOH (707) 226-7372

Artistic Director	Donald Pippin
Executive Director	Dianna Shuster
Director	TBA
Marketing	Marisa Swain
Box Office	Lainey Mackinley
Props	Daniel Yelen
Costumes	TBA

CHARACTERS	ARTIST	VOICE
Sir John Falstaff	Jo Vincent Parks	baritone-bass
Mistress Ford	Marcelle Dronkers	soprano
Master Ford	Jonathan Spencer	baritone
Mistress Page	Meghan Dibble	mezzo soprano
Master Page	TBA	bass
Anne Page	Molly Wilson	soprano
Fenton	Jonathan Smucker	tenor
Dr. Caius	Wayne Wong	bass
Slender	TBA	tenor
Chorus: men and women of Windsor, neighbors, elves, spooks, and insects


Jo Vincent Parks ROLE: Falstaff	Marcelle Dronkers ROLE: Mistress Ford	Jonathan Smucker ROLE: Fenton	Meghan Dibble ROLE: Mistress Page


Jonathan Spencer ROLE: Master Ford	Wayne Wong ROLE: Dr. Caius

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR A robust, down to earth, tune-filled opera based on a favorite comedy by Shakespeare. Flamboyant Sir John Falstaff, sometimes known as Plump Jack, larger than life, hard up as usual for cash, meets his match when he rashly sets out to woo two spunky women with identical love letters and famously winds up in a laundry basket.

"Pippin's English version is one of his best -- witty without being at all course, modern, light-footed, sprightly."
-- Tim Pfaff, Daily Californian