Left:
Executive Director and
Producer
Anthony Fast also serves as narrator for
EMMA Goes to the Opera, providing
just enough background information
for the listeners to understand the
context of each scene.
Below: Bows after Amahl and
the Night
Visitors. (Front row from left:
Shannon McKay, accompanist,
Anthony Fast, narrator,
Barbara Norris, artistic director)
Left: Jacksonville
Symphony Orchestra conductor Fabio Mechetti consults with Anthony prior to his
performance with the symphony in "Twas the Night Before Christmas".
Left: Anthony
Fast rehearsing the chorus for the finale from Leonard Bernstein's Candide during
FCO's first performance, An Evening of Opera, in January of 2000.