The 5th Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing Out

Aug. 30- Sept. 1, 2013

F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
603 Edmonston Dr. Rockville, MD

Friday, 8/30 at 7pm: Trial by Jury, Patience, The Mikado
Saturday, 8/31 at 9am: The Sorcerer, Princess Ida, HMS Pinafore
Saturday, 8/31 at 1:30pm:  Yeoman of the Guard, Ruddigore
Saturday, 8/31 at 6:30pm: First Peter Kline will give a presentation on Utopia, Ltd, then beginning at 7:00 pm performance of Utopia, followed by The Pirates of Penzance
Sunday, 9/1 at 9am: The Grand Duke, Iolanthe, The Gondoliers.

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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 - Bob Binkley
Accompanist - Erica Rome
The Learned Judge - Gary Sullivan
Defandant - David Merrill
Usher - Jeffrey  Gates
Counsel for the Plaintiff - Ralph Johnson
Foreman of the Jury - Rand Huntzinger
Plaintiff - Courtney Kalbacker
Bridesmaids - Peggy Dennis, Mary Hartz, Stevie Miller,
                       Barbara Semiatin

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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 - Eric Sillers
Accompanist - Clive Woods
Patience - Mary Finn
Lady Jane - Wendy Stengel
Lady Angela -  Liza Hodskins
Lady Saphir - Leta Hall
Lady Ella - Grace Kane
Reginald Bunthorne - Larry Garvin
Archibald Grosvenor - Robert Moreen
Colonel Calverly - Blair Eig
Major Murgatroyd - David Smith
Duke of Dunstable - Jacy D’Aiutolo

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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 - Kate Huntress-Reeve
Accompanist - John Dreslin
Mikado - Rand Huntzinger
Nanki-Poo - Pete Oliver-Krueger
Ko-Ko - Sam Silvers
Pooh-Bah - Michael Loomis
Pish-Tush - Jeffrey Mincks
Yum-Yum - Hillary LaBonte
Pitti-Sing - Rebecca Henry
Peep-Bo - Marianna Martindale
Katisha -  Jennifer Rutherford

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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 - Clive Woods
John Wellington Wells - Phil Sternenberg
Alexis Poindextre - Timothy Ziese
Sir Marmaduke Poindextre - Bob Binkley
Dr. Daly -  Les Elkins
Notary - Sylvan Kesilman
Aline Sangazure - Sarah Martin
Lady Sangazure - Karen Ann Loxley
Constance - Felicity Ann Brown
Mrs. Partlett - Jenny Bland

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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 - Bill Venman
Accompanist - Andi-Stryker-Rodda
Princess Ida - Melissa Chavez
Lady Blanche - Emily Crockett
Lady Psyche - Deborah Jacobson
Melissa - Karen Ann Loxley
Sacharissa - Frances Yasprica
Hilarion - Andrew Exner
Cyril - Pete Oliver-Krueger
Florian - William Remmers
King Hildebrand - Daniel Kravetz
King Gama - John Perine
Arac - Sam Silvers
Guron - Jeffrey Mincks
Scynthius - Ted Spencer

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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 - Jenny Bland
Accompanist -  Erica Rome
Sir Joseph Porter, KCB - Joshua Milton
Capt. Corcoran - Robert Moreen
Ralph Rackstraw - David Merrill
Dick Deadeye - Michael Loomis
Boatswain’s Mate - Michael Beder
Carpenter’s Mate - Bob Dennis
Josephine - Katherine Riddle
Hebe - Deborah Peetz
Little Buttercup - Pam Butler

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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 - Barry Hamilton
Jack Point - William Remmers
Colonel Fairfax - John Turner
Sergeant Meryll - Tom Goode
Sir Richard Cholmondley - Rick DuPuy
Wilfred Shadbolt - Larry Garvin
Leonard Meryll - Joseph Sorge
1st Yeoman - Andrew Exner
2nd Yeoman - David Smith
Elsie Maynard - Ali Oliver-Krueger
Phoebe Meryll - Tracy Davidson
Dame Carruthers - Wendy Falconer
Kate - Deborah Jacobson

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 - Rebecca Henry
Accompanist - Andi Stryker-Rodda
Robin Oakapple - Rick DuPuy
Dick Dauntless - David Merrill
Sir Despard Murgatroyd - Blair Eig
Old Adam - Michael Beder
Sir Roderick Murgatroyd - Brandon Brylawski
Rose Maybud - Lisa Freese
Mad Margaret - Julie May
Dame Hannah - Erica Schultz
Zorah - Olivia Jones

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Utopia, Limited (or The Flowers of Progress)
Presented by The Victorian Lyric Opera Company 
with full dialogue and orchestra

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 - Joseph Sorge
King Paramount - G. Stephen Stokes
Scaphio - Gary Sullivan
Phantis - Blair Eig
Tarara - Tom Goode
Calynx - Carlton Maryott
Lord Dramaleigh - Kent Woods
Captain Fitzbattleaxe - Michael Brown
Captain Corcoran - Rand Huntzinger
Mr. Goldbury - Bennett Umhau
Sir Bailey Barre - Michael Marano
Mr. Blushington - Terron Carthorn
Princess Zara - Hillary LaBonte
Princess Nekaya - Merideth Marano
Princess Kalyba - Tracy Davidson
Lady Sophy - Denise Young
Phylla - Adrienne Neal
Salata - Amelia Taylor
Melene - Laura Sparks

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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 - Kate Huntress-Reeve
Accompanist - Deborah Jacobson
Frederic - Timothy Ziese
Pirate King - Jeffrey Gates
Major General Stanley - John Perine
Sergeant of Police - Tom Goode
Samuel - Ron Anzalone
Mabel - Courtney Kalbacker
Edith - Stacy Yochum
Kate - Leta Hall
Ruth - Linda Nadeau

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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 - Larry Garvin
Accompanist - Erica Rome
Grand Duke Rudolph - Sam Silvers
Ernst - Pete Oliver-Krueger
Ludwig - Rick DuPuy
Tannhauser - Joseph Sorge
Prince of Monte Carlo - Tom Goode
Ben Hashbaz - Ed Vilade
Herald - David Smith
Julia Jellicoe - Denise Young
Baroness Krakenfeldt - Maureen Roult
Lisa - Eva Parr
Princess of Monte Carlo - Carrie Quarquesso
Olga - Erica Schultz
Bertha - Debbie Peetz
Elsa - Deborah Jacobson
Gretchen - Frances Yasprica

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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 - Joseph Sorge
Accompanist - Jenny Bland
Iolanthe - Kate Huntress-Reeve
Phyllis - Lisa Freese
Fairy Queen - Janet Smith
Celia - Tuyet Gunter
Leila - Randi Kestin
Strephon - Bennett Umhau
Lord Chancellor - Phil Sternenberg
Lord Tolloller - Tom Mirenda
Lord Mountararat - Andrew Smith
Private Willis - Barry Hilton

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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 - William Remmers
Accompanist - Andi Stryker-Rodda
Marco Palmieri - Michael Brown
Giuseppe Palmieri - Gary Sullivan
Don Alhambra - David Williams
Duke of Plaza Toro - Chuck Howell
Luiz - Tom Mirenda
Antonio - Ralph Johnson
Francesco - Ed Vilade
Giorgio - Josh Katz
Gianetta - Laura Sparks
Tessa - Amanda Jones
Casilda - Ali Oliver-Krueger
Duchess of Plaza Toro - Linda Nadeau
Fiametta - Carrie Quarquesso
Vittoria - Rebecca Graber
Giulia - Barbara Semiatin
Inez - Maureen Roult

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The Sing-Out Chorus & Supernumeraries 

Helen Aberger
Erika Abrams
Adelle Banks
David Berkenbilt
Chelsea Berry
Indra Books
Grace Brigham
George Cooper
Kayla Cummings
Bob Dennis
Peggy Dennis
Janice Derr
Stephanie Desjardins 
Allie Donaldson
Virginia Downes
John E. Dreslin
Alice Drew
Tony Dwyer
Julia Frank
Carl Gladstone
Nicholas Esclapon
Noah Friedlander
Miriam Goldberg
John Hagedorn
Mary Hartz
Erland Heginbotham
Tara Hockensmith
Benjamin Hoffman
Laura Hubbard
William Hyder
Inge Hyder
Ralph Johnson

Gabriella Jones
Sara Kane
Josh Katz
Randi Kestin
Malka Key
Maureen Kline
Peter Kline
Syril Kline
John Klinges
Patricia Kreger
Erik Kreil
Nick Leiserson
Louise A. Lerner
Barbra Lewis
Hannah Lieberman
Jaime McGaughey
Marianna Martindale
Carlton Maryott
Douglas Maryott
Jane Maryott
Josh Milton
Grace Mincks
Kym Mincks
Charlotte Moser
Teresa Nesvold
Gina Nowacki
Arthur O’Dwyer
Daniel Obenshain
Walter Olson
Keith Ord
Lisa Orr

Ezra Peisach
Joshua Peisach
Rebecca Peisach
Eugene Pinzer
Enid Rubenstein
Jim Siegl
Dorothy Smith 
Julie Stevens
Andrea Stryker-Rodda
Jennifer Ross
Maureen Roult
Barbara Semiatin
Stephanie Shade
Ellen Sherfey
Mary Stokes
Amy Sullivan 
Rebecca Sullivan
Rusty Suter
Roz Timberg
Sheri VanCleef  
Bill Venman
Ed Vilade
Jennifer Vongsathorn
Maria Wilson
Jack Yanovski
Susan Yanovski
Edward Young
Felicity Young
Peter Zavon 
Abigail Zenner

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The VLOC Orchestra (for Utopia, Limited)

Violin I - Steve Natrella (CM), Bonnie Barrows, Carolyn Larson, 
               David Friedlander
Violin II - Martin Brown, Cathy Thompson, Naomi Chang Zajic
Viola - David Zajic
Cello - Sheryl Friedlander
Bass - Pete Gallanis
Flute - Jackie Miller, Louise Hill

Oboe - Gwen Earle
Bassoon - Steve Weschler
Clarinet - Laura Langbein, Laura Bornhoeft
Horn - Joe Cross, Lora Katz
Trumpet - Curt Anstine, Rick Pasciuto, Tom Gleason
Trombone - Steve Ward, Frank Eliot, Al Potter
Percussion - George Huttlin