The Three Fat Women of Antibes [HQ]

The Three Fat Women of Antibes is a comic opera in two acts without intermission. Running time is approximately 70 minutes. There are three sets required; a villa, a restaurant, and a train station.

Synopsis
The opera takes place in the early 1930s in Antibes, an exclusive and wealthy town near Nice on the French Riviera.

Three wealthy middle aged women (Beatrice, Frank, and Arrow) take a house in Antibes, to pursue a weight reduction regimen. The women are not plump or chubby, but decidedly fat. The youngest of the women (Arrow) hopes to find an attractive and wealthy young man for her third husband. The women, keen and enthusiastic bridge players, are the best of friends. They support each other in their diets and enjoy their time together. The only thing they really need is a fourth for bridge.

Frank invites her recently widowed cousin and an excellent bridge player, Lena, to join them for several weeks. Lena's doctor told her she should eat simple foods—bread, butter, potatoes, and cream—to help her over her husbands death. Lena has never had a weight problem, she can eat anything she pleases, and does. She wins a lot of their money, puts butter on everything, and has wine with meals. Lena's diet and her ability to win at bridge strains the three fat women's friendship to the bursting point.

The Three Fat Women of Antibes is based on a W. Somerset Maugham short story by the same name. Used with permission.

The video highlights are from a San Jose State University production May 9-12, 2009.

Composer: Mona Lyn Reese
Librettist: Thomas Hassing
Director: Daniel Helfgot
Musical Director: Michel Singher
Conductor: Dr. Janet Averett

Mrs. Arrow Sutcliffe a divorcée: Melissa Mallory — Mezzo-soprano
Mrs. Beatrice Richman, a widow: Michelle Hennessey — Lyric Soprano
Miss Frances (Frank) Hickson, a spinster: Justin Su'su'e — Baritone
Mrs. Lena Finch, a recent widow: Summer Latimer — Coloratura Soprano
Prince Roccamare, an aristocrat: Thomas Hassing — Non-singing
Maid/Waiter: Nathalie Reginster — Non-singing

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• Comedy
• Musical
• Mona Lyn Reese
• Thomas Hassing
• Daniel Helfgot
• Michel Singher
• Janet Averett
• W. Somerset Maugham
• San Jose State University

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This show was so much fun!!! I'm so glad I got to be in it.