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Volpone (opera)

Opera by George Antheil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Volpone is a comic opera written in 1949–52 to a libretto by Alfred Perry based on the play by Ben Jonson, was George Antheil's third opera. It was first performed in Manhattan in 1953 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.[1]

Synopsis

A 16th-century man pretends to be dying to obtain money from his prospective heirs.

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