Discovery Goes Digital! Wolf Trap’s March 26 performance of the two comic operas Bastianello & Lucrezia will be streamed over the internet on Monday, May 24 at 7:30 pm.

Semi-staged performances of two comic operas by composers John Musto (Bastianello) and William Bolcom (Lucrezia), both with librettos by Mark Campbell and scored for five singers and two pianos.

Discovery Goes Digital

Go to www.wolftrap.org/discovery on the evening of May 24 to be part of this exciting new project. No special software or equipment is needed.

During the streaming event, you will be able to:

• View the entire performance, including an audience question-and-answer session with the artists.
• Follow librettist Mark Campbell’s fabulous wordplay through subtitles embedded in the stream.
• Explore web links to learn more about the creative people behind Bastianello & Lucrezia.
• And participate in a live chat with the artists (wherever they are in the world!) while viewing the performance.

Discovery Goes Digital is made possible by the Altria Group, Inc.

Semi-staged performances of two comic operas by composers John Musto (Bastianello) and William Bolcom (Lucrezia), both with librettos by Mark Campbell and scored for five singers and two pianos.  Artists are all alumni of the Wolf Trap Opera Company.

This performance was presented as part of America Sings in the Nation’s Capital: A Festival of American Vocal Music. 

Inspired by an Italian folk tale, Bastianello is a lighthearted parody about love, forgiveness and the trials of marriage.

A riff on Machiavelli’s Mandragola, Lucrezia is a wickedly funny seduction satire.

 “Both have clever librettos by Mark Campbell and scores by composers who understand in their bones how to weld voice, words, and wit…” New York Magazine

Download the libretti Bastianello and Lucrezia