The 4th Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing Out
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Trial By Jury
Opened March 25, 1875 at the Royalty Theatre and ran for 300 performances. Hijinks in a courtroom, as the “bride” sues for breach of promise. Trial is the only one act G&S opera, usually played along with another opera.
Conductor - Jenifer Craley Bland Accompanist - Andi Stryker-Rodda Angelina, the Plaintiff - Julie Poole Edwin, the Defendant - Philip Bender The Learned Judge - Blair Eig Counsel for the Plaintiff - Alan Jones Foreman of the Jury - Peter Zavon Usher - Lyle Jaffe Bridesmaids - Lisa Orr, Rachel Smith Patience (or Bunthorne’s Bride)Opened April 23, 1881 at the Opera Comique and ran for 578 performances at both the Opera Comique and Savoy Theatres. Country ladies are in love with two poets, while the poets are both in love with Patience, the village milkmaid. The brigade men don’t see the point of aestheticism, but decide they had better give it a try to win back the women’s love.
Conductor - Joseph Sorge Accompanist - Jenifer Craley Bland Patience - Rachel Quagliariello Lady Jane - Debbie Grossman Lady Angela - Maureen Roult Lady Saphir - Debbie Jacobson Lady Ella - Rachel Smith Reginald Bunthorne - Sam Silvers Archibald Grosvenor - Guillaume Tourniaire Colonel Calverley - David Williams Major Murgatroyd - David Smith Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable - Rick DuPuy The Mikado (or The Town of Titti-Pu)
Opened March 14, 1885 at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 672 performances. The most popular G&S opera, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner of Titti-Pu must actually execute someone or see his town reduced to the rank of a village. He finds a volunteer in Nanki-Poo, the Mikado’s son, who loves Ko-Ko’s ward, Yum-Yum, but is it a good idea to compass the death of the heir apparent?
Conductor - Webster Alexander Rogers Accompanist - Erica Rome Yum-Yum - Rachael Goldman Pitti-Sing - Wendy Falconer Peep-Bo - Marianna Martindale Katisha - Andrea Schewe Nanki-Poo - Matthew Magayna Ko-Ko - Gary Sullivan Pooh-Bah - Barry Hilton Mikado - Ira Haber Pish-Tush - Joseph Sorge The Sorcerer
Opened November 7, 1877 at the Opera Comique and ran for 178 performances. With the help of a love philter, everyone in the village is in love – with the wrong person.
Conductor - Daniel Kravetz Accompanist - Barry Hamilton Aline - Marion Leeds Carroll Constance - Leta Hall Mrs. Partlett - Debbie Peetz Lady Sangazure - Carla Rountree Alexis Poindextre - John Turner John Wellington Wells - Phil Sternenberg Dr. Daly - John Perine Sir Marmaduke Poindextre - David Craven Notary - Rand Huntzinger Princess Ida (or The Castle Adamant)
Opened on January 5, 1884 at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 246 performances. Princess Ida, engaged in babyhood to Prince Hilarion, has created a women’s university. Hilarion and friends enter the university as women to try to win her back.
Conductor - William Venman Accompanist - John Dreslin Princess Ida - Cathryn Frazier-Neely Lady Psyche - Debbie Jacobson Lady Blanche - Jenny Bland Melissa - Pamela Butler Sacharissa - Angela Peterson Winter Hilarion - Peter Oliver-Krueger Cyril - Clyde Wright Florian - Rick DuPuy King Gama - Blair Eig King Hildebrand - Kent Woods Arac - Tom Goode Guron - Les Elkins Scynthius - Sylvan Kesilman H.M.S. Pinafore (or The Lass That Loved A Sailor)
Opened on May 28, 1878 at the Opera Comique and ran for 571 performances. A common sailor and the captain’s daughter fall in love. The first smash hit G&S Opera, and still one of the most popular.
Conductor - Joseph Sorge Accompanist - Debbie Grossman Josephine - Denise Young Little Buttercup - Wendy Falconer Cousin Hebe - Carla Rountree Ralph Rackstraw - G. Stephen Stokes Captain Corcoran - John Perine Sir Joseph Porter, KCB - David Williams Dick Deadeye - Blair Eig Boatswain’s Mate - David Smith Carpenter’s Mate - Sylvan Kesilman Utopia, Limited (or The Flowers of Progress)
Opened October 7, 1893 at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 245 performances. The South Sea island of Utopia remodels itself after that model of perfection – England.
Conductor - William Venman Accompanist - Andi Stryker-Rodda Princess Zara - Alicia Oliver-Krueger Princess Nekaya - Tara Hockensmith Princess Kalyba - Marianna Martindale Lady Sophy - Frances Yasprica Phylla - Tania Rosa Bindhoff King Paramount - David Craven Captain Fitzbattleaxe - G. Stephen Stokes Lord Dramaleigh - Rick DuPuy Mr. Goldbury - Clyde Wright Mr. Blushington - Joseph Sorge Sir Bailey-Barre - John Turner Captain Sir Edward Corcoran, KCB - Peter Zavon Scaphio - Daniel Kravetz Phantis - Phil Sternenberg Tarara - Kate Huntress-Reeve |
Ruddigore (or The Witch's Curse)
Opened January 22, 1887 at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 288 performances. A witch’s curse has long-lasting effects on the Murgatroyd family and the village of Reddering.
Conductor - Jenifer Craley Bland Accompanist - John Dreslin Rose Maybud - Julie Poole Mad Margaret - Kate Huntress-Reeve Dame Hannah - Linda Nadeau Zorah - Marion Leeds Carroll Robin Oakapple/Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd - Sam Silvers Dick Dauntless - Peter Oliver-Krueger Old Adam - David Dubov Sir Despard Murgatroyd - Barry Hilton Sir Roderic Murgatroyd - Tom Goode The Grand Duke (or The Statutory Duel)
Opened march 8, 1896 at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 123 performances. Ludwig, an actor, replaces Rudolph, the Grand Duke of Pfennig Halbpfennig after “killing” Rudolph by drawing an Ace in a statutory duel. By assuming all of Rudolph’s obligations, he soon finds himself with far more wives, and prospective wives than he knows what to do with. The last, and the most underrated, of the G&S operas.
Conductor - Joseph Sorge Rudolph - Peter Kline Ernest Dummkopf - Peter Oliver-Krueger Ludwig - Guillaume Tourniaire Dr. Tannhauser - Rick DuPuy The Prince of Monte Carlo - Blair Eig Ben Hashbaz - David Dubov Herald - Michael Galizia Julia Jellicoe - Alexandra Boulé-Buckley Lisa - Pamela Butler The Princess of Monte Carlo - Lisa Freese The Baroness von Krakenfeldt - Andrea Schewe Olga - Denise Young Gretchen - Carla Rountree Bertha - Marianna Martindale Elsa -Maureen Roult Martha - Sherry Mitchell The Pirates of Penzance (or The Slave of Duty)
Officially premiered at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on December 31, 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences and critics. Its London debut was on April 3, 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for a very successful 363 performances, having already been playing successfully for over three months in New York.
Conductor - Jenifer Craley Bland Accompanist - John Dreslin Mabel - Lisa Freese Edith - Denise Young Kate - Gaye Freese Ruth - Maureen Roult Frederic - Philip Bender Pirate King - Guillaume Tourniaire Major General Stanley - Gary Sullivan Sergeant of Police - David Williams Samuel - David Dubov Yeomen of the Guard
Opened October 3, 1888 at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 423 performances. At the Tower of London jester Jack Point loses his love, Elsie Maynard to Colonel Fairfax – who nearly loses his head. This is the G&S opera that is considered the closest to grand opera.
Conductor - John Dreslin Accompanist - Erica Rome Elsie Maynard - Christine St. Pierre Phoebe Meryll - Alicia Oliver-Krueger Dame Carruthers - Wendy Falconer Kate - Angela Peterson Winter Jack Point - Sam Silvers Colonel Fairfax - Philip Bender Sergeant Meryll - Daniel Kravetz Wilfred Shadbolt - Michael Galizia Leonard Meryll - Rick DuPuy Sir Richard Cholmondeley - Joseph Sorge First Yeoman - John Turner Second Yeoman - David Smith Iolanthe (or The Peer and the Peri)
Opened November 25, 1882 at the Savoy Theatre (the first to do so) and ran for 398 performances. Fairies get involved in Parliament to help one of their own win his true love.
Conductor - William Venman Accompanist - Barry Hamilton Iolanthe - Alicia Oliver-Krueger Phyllis - Denise Young Fairy Queen - Linda Nadeau Celia - Gaye Freese Leila - Felicity Ann Brown Strephon - Joseph Sorge Lord Chancellor - Gary Sullivan Lord Tolloller - Clyde Wright Lord Mountararat - Barry Hilton Private Willis - David Williams The Gondoliers (or The King of Barataria)
Opened December 7, 1889 at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 559 performances. Two brothers try to figure out which of them is really the King of Barataria.
Conductor - Jenifer Craley Bland Accompanist - John Dreslin Gianetta - Lisa Freese Tessa - Kelly O’Connor Casilda - Tania Rose Bindhoff Duchess of Plaza Toro - Andrea Schewe Fiametta - Angela Peterson Winter Vittoria - Leta Hall Giulia - Felicity Ann Brown Marco Palmieri - G. Stephen Stokes Giuseppe Palmieri - Michael Galizia Don Alhambra del Bolero - Tom Goode Duke of Plaza Toro - John Perine Luiz - Matthew Magayna Antonio - Lyle Jaffe Giorgio - Sylvan Kesilman Francesco - Alan Jones |
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Orchestra (for The Grand Duke)
Violin 1 - David Friedlander (CM), Bonnie Barrows, Irv Berner
Violin 2 -Martin Brown, Carolyn Larson, Erin Grace Viola - Amanda Laudwein, Victor Ontiveros Cello - Sheryl Friedlander, Laurie Brown Bass - Pete Gallanis Flute - Jackie Miller, Louise Hill Oboe - Gwen Earle Clarinet - Laura Langbein, Laura Bornhoeft, Jim Bensinger Bassoon - Larry Washington Horn - Kathleen Bartolomeo, Lora Katz Trumpet - Curt Anstine, Paul Weiss Trombone - Steve Ward, Frank Eliot Percussion - George Huttlin, Jim Hendriks |
Schedule for the Weekend
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
5:30 pm - Registration & Reception
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Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008
8 am - Registration & Breakfast
2 pm
7 pm
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Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
8:30 am - Breakfast
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