Bryttan to conduct "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Adrian Bryttan has been asked by Rutgers University to prepare and conduct their production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by Otto Nicolai.

The German composer's enduring comic opera provides another look at one of Shakespeare's most beloved creations, Sir John Falstaff. Out for adventure and cash, the fat knight sets out to seduce the wives of Windsor, only to find he's thriceoutsmarted - humiliated, beaten and dunked in a river! Tangled with trickery, temptation and true love, "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is the perfect love farce, ever-praising the hilarity of life.

Mr. Bryttan will conduct all four performances which will be presented fully staged in an English translation. The opera will take place on two Fridays, February 1 and 8, at 8 p.m. and two Sundays, February 3 and 10, at 2 p.m. at Nicholas Music Center in New Brunswick. Tickets are $20, $18 for senior citizens and $10 for students; they may be reserved at the Mason Gross PAC Ticket Office, (732)932-7511.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 20, 2002, No. 3, Vol. LXX

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