Troupe Making Silk Purse from Sow’s Ear
The miracle of West Bay Opera is not just that they pulled off yet another highly professional show in Verdi’s “Falstaff;” it’s what they do bringing that tiny community theater never built for opera so vibrantly to life. Consider that you have no overhead space for flying scenery, no prompter’s box, very limited stage depth, a pit that can’t even seat half a Verdi orchestra, and space even tighter than Falstaff’s drinking buddies usually are. The conditions would be enough…