Vashon Opera is now putting the finishing touches on its spin on Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera — “Falstaff,” an homage to Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and timeless treat for anyone who enjoys a well-deserved comeuppance.

The comic and musical masterpiece tells the tale of Sir John Falstaff, a randy and buffoonish rascal who thinks he can pay off his debts by romancing not one, but two, wealthy married women. What could possibly go wrong?

The production, set to bow at Vashon Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 23, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 25, will have a clever spin: Vashon Opera is taking the action to Las Vegas, baby — with the action beginning at the Windsor Hotel and Casino and its surroundings in the sexy 1970s.

Think Elvis impersonators, poolside cocktails and a surprise, old-fashioned Vegas wedding. As envisioned by stage and music director Jim Brown, the rollicking production will also include projected images to transport audiences deep inside casinos and to oak groves in the Vegas outskirts.

Allison Pohl, who will play Nannetta in “Falstaff” — one of her most treasured roles — is marking her return to the Vashon Opera stage for the first time since assuming the role of the company’s artistic director, and said she can’t wait to welcome audiences to the opera.

Despite its comedy, Pohl said, Falstaff demands a lot from its singers.

“It’s the ultimate ensemble piece,” she said. “Verdi created a textured, interwoven vocal tapestry of complex, interesting music, yet it is never lacking in beauty. In a sense, Falstaff is Verdi’s farewell letter to the world, encouraging us all to embrace the fun, silliness, and absurdity of life.”

The principal singers of Vashon Opera’s production, she added, are well up to its challenges.

Grammy-nominated baritone Joshua Conyers, who electrified and terrified audiences in Vashon Opera’s production of “Tosca,” will return to the island to take on the bigger-than-life role of Falstaff.

Conyers has been hailed by Opera News for his “deliciously honeyed baritone that would seduce anyone.” A native of Bronx, New York, he has also received raves from critics from The New York Times and Washington Post for his performances, and appeared on concert stages throughout North America and internationally.

Marie Masters Webb, a Vashon favorite, will also return to the island, as the clever and scheming Alice Ford in “Falstaff,” after appearing in the title role of “Ariadne auf Naxos,” Santuzza in “Cavalleria Rusticana,” and Lady Billows in “Albert Herring.” Hailed by The New York Times as “immensely likable,” with a “warm, fresh soprano,” Masters Webb is known for her command of both standard and under-performed works, as well as her acting abilities.

Emily Pulley will make her company debut as Mistress Quickly.

Pulley is now in the fourth decade of her singing career, appearing with opera companies and orchestras across the country and around the world, and has also worked steadily as a stage director since making her professional debut with “La bohème” for Opera Ithaca in 2019. She has sung nearly 200 performances at the Met, where her roles have ranged from Marguerite in Faust to Gerhilde in Die Walküre to Valencienne in “The Merry Widow.”

Pohl said she was also excited to welcome back two of the Pacific Northwest’s favorite tenors and baritones, and real-life best friends Brendan Tuohy and José Rubio, in the roles of Fenton and Ford. Both have previously appeared in a variety of roles with Vashon Opera.

Other returning artists include scene-stealers Nerys Jones, Michael Drumheller, and Nick Stevens in the roles of Meg Page, Pistola and Bardolfo. Simon Petersson will make his company debut as Doctor Caius.

As always, Pohl said, Vashon Opera stage and musical director Brown will bring his immense talent to the production, leading an orchestra made up of notable instumentalists from the region with “passionate vigor and a bounce of laughter.”

For the Vegas-themed “Falstaff,” Brown has worked with costume designer Jocelyne Fowler, lighting designer Alex Wren, wig mistresses Joyce Degenfelder and Karen Pruett, and makeup artist Sarah Oldham-Alexander.

Maestro Brown and the design team, Pohl said, are all “having a ball exercising their creative muscles while designing for this concept.”

“Falstaff,” with music by Giuseppe Verde and a libretto by Arrigo Boito, will be sung in Italian with English supertitles. The run time for the opera is two hours and 45 minutes, including one intermission and one pause.

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