The anticipation is palpable in Northern Virginia this week as the Wolf Trap Opera Company readies its first-ever commissioned opera. Award-winning American composer John Musto’s “Volpone,” with a ...

John Musto's "Volpone," with a libretto by lyricist Mark Campbell, opened to an enthusiastic audience at the Barns at Wolf Trap Tuesday. Directed by Leon Major, this world-premiere opera was also the ...

Where is virtue? Where is good? Why don’t people behave as they should?” The oh-so-sincere character who raises those perfectly reasonable questions in the new opera Volpone never does get an answer.

1 SONIC LIVE IN CONCERT to Launch Global Tour With US and UK Premieres The ‘Best Opera Recording' category recognizes the conductor, principal soloists, and album producer(s). Volpone conductor Sara ...

After the rousing success of Wolf Trap's first commissioned opera “Volpone” in 2004, the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts went back to the winning team of librettist John Musto and ...