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To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; 

 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; 

 To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; 

 To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; 

 To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; 

 To establish Post Offices and post Roads; 

 To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

 To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; 

 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; 

 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 

 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; 

 To provide and maintain a Navy; 

 To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; 

 To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; 

 To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 

 To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for  the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And 

 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. 

 New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. 

 The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. 

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. 

The trees have gotten so big that what used to be grass turned into a shady dustbowl. Something had to be done.

Wolf Trap Opera Company
Volpone (Double Cd)

© 2009 Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (700261273341)

Originally commissioned by the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Musto's Volpone appears on The Wall Street Journal's "Best New Operas" list and was proclaimed "a masterpiece" by The Washington Post in 2004.

Three years later, an entirely new cast and production (directed by Peter Kazaras with Sara Jobin, conductor) has made its own mark, opening to a packed house and causing The Washington Post to proclaim that, "Truly funny operas, like Volpone, are rare these days. In a world that tends to regard comedies as second-class works of art, Volpone stands out not only for its humor but also its brilliant marriage of words and music."

Recorded live before an audience at the historic Barns at Wolf Trap, this recording captures all the humor and excitement  of the 2007 production.

Available at CDBaby.com

Here are some production photos of Wolf Trap's new production of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutti" set in Don Alfonso's laboratory of love...(Photos and Set Design by: Erhard Rom, Costumes:Mattie Ullrich, Lighting: Robert Grimes)

We are currently in the second day of load-in for Wolf Trap Opera Company's production of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutti". We have a great crew this year; calm, happy, and competent.

Here is where it starts. The theme this year is "20 Years of Freedom Without Walls' hosted by the German embassy celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. We will take these 1/2" renderings and build them full scale for the September party onstage at Wolf Trap's Filene Center.

This fresh young group performed at The Barns last night. Very tight vocals and multi-instrument presentation. Funny,too. If you get a chance check them out.

Click here for their website.