Fri Oct 23 – Sun Oct 25
Fringe Festival: Vinkensport
Fri Oct 23 · 7:30pm / Sat Oct 24 · 2pm & 7:30pm / Sun Oct 25 · 2pm
David T. Little and Royce Vavrek’s opera is set at vinkensport, the Belgian folk contest that pits chaffinches and their owners against each other, each contestant tallying the calls of a rival’s bird. The competitors’ inner monologues and flashbacks reveal “deception, deep-seated rivalries, painful loneliness, and blossoming romance.” Lauren Lenz directs a spare Fringe staging, with student Ian Henscheid conducting and Allison Voth as music director.