Gilbert & Sullivan's
The Gondoliers
or, The King of Barataria

June 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2002 at 8pm
June 9 & 16, 2002 at 2pm

Directed by Gay Hill
Music Directed by Catherine Huntress-Reeve

Cast

The Duke of Plaza Toro, a Grandee of Spain, - David Williams
Luiz., his Attendant - Thomas Barth
Don Alhambra del Bolero - Gordon Brigham


Venetian Gondoliers:
Marco Palmieri, Guiseppe's brother - Shawn Perry
Giuseppe Palmieri, Marco's brother - Michael Galizia
Antonio - Jonathan Schultz
Francesco - Barry Hilton
Giorgio - George Hunter
Annibale - Joseph Sorge


The Duchess of Plaza Toro - Andrea Schewe
Casilda, her Daughter - Christine Wagner

Contadine:
Gianetta - Denise Young
Tessa - Karen Rice
Fiametta - Nazia Chaudhry
Vittoria - Rachael Goldman
Giulia - Deborah Jacobson
Inez - Rusty Suter

Chorus of Gondoliers and Contadine
Janet Booth, Ed Byrdy, Gaye Freese, Tom Goode
Richard Gorbutt, Bill Gribbon, Lyle Jaffe, Deborah Peetz
Julie Stevens, Meghan Williams, Janice Zucker

Orchestra

Violin I - Steve Natrella*, David Friedlander, Otto Willim
Violin II - Edwin Schneider, Carolyn Larson
Viola - Amanda Laudwein, Martin Fraeman
Cello - Thurston Griggs, Andrew Schneider
Bass - David Ross
Clarinet - James Bensinger, Laura Langbein, Laura Bornhoeft
Flute - Jackie Miller, Louise Hill
Oboe - Mary Ann Ruehling, Lori Guess
Bassoon - Brett Lewis
Trumpet - Bernie Rappaport, Richard Sigwald
Trombone - Alan Potter, Paul English
French Horn - Lorin Krusberg, Dianne Cooperman
Percussion - Ron Carlson, George Huttlin

*Concertmaster

Production Staff

Producer - Lisa FreeseChoreographer - Aroostlne MacDowell Long & Todd Allen Long
Artistic Director - Rosalie Santilhano
Stage Manager - Ira Haber
Lighting Designer - Ayun Fedorcha
Set Designers - Gay Hill
Scenic Artist - Gay Hill, Eugenia Sorgnit
Carpenters - Ed Byrdy, William Kolodrubetz, Pete Silvia
Costume Designer - Gaye Freese
Costumers - Gaye Freese, Rachael Goldman, Gay Hill
                Deborah Jacobson, Donna Jaffe, Aroostine MacDowell Long,                 Deborah Peetz. Robin Ray, Maureen Roult, Andrea Schewe,                   Denise Young
Light Board Operator - Kerry Freese
Technical Director (Rockville Civic Center) - Kim Haug
Technical Crew - Tony Dwyer, Dave Kaysen, Todd Allen Long
Rehearsal Pianist - Jenny Craley Bland
Make-Up - Renee Silverstone
Tickets and Box Office - Merle Haber
Program - Leta Hall
Publicity - Ira Haber, Bill Rippey
Set Construction/Painting - Les Elkins, Michael Galizia, 
                            Richard Garbutt, Gay Hill, Barry Hilton, Deborah Peetz,
                            Julie & Cassandra Stevens, Meghan Williams
Properties - Sue Stockly
House Management - Aroostlne MacDowell Long, Gina Nowacki
Set Storage - Maureen Roult, City of Gaithersburg, 
                         Rockville Civic Center
Printing - Quick Printing, Inc., Wheaton, Maryland


VLOC Appreciates
VLOC would like to extend its sincere thanks to:
Scott Bloom, Grace Episcopal Church, Holy Redeemer Catholic
Church, Music & Arts Music Store, Rockville Band, Rockville Little Theater, and Rockville Musical Theater for their efforts on its behalf.

Synopsis

Act I: The Piazetta, Venice
Two Gondoliers, Marco and Giuseppe, have turned the heads of the contadine and cannot decide whom to many, so they will solve the problem by a game of chance. In the ensuing game Marco catches Gianetta, and Giuseppe, Tessa. Everyone runs off to get married. The Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Taro, their daughter Casilda, and the drummer Luiz arrive. The Duke explains that when Casilda was a baby she was married by proxy to the infant son of the King of Barataria. The King subsequently became a Wesleyan Methodist and the Grand Inquisitor, determined that such an innovation should not happen there, stole the prince. A fortnight later the King was killed. Casilda, therefore, is now Queen of Barataria. But the new King's whereabouts are not known. Casilda, unfortunately, is in love with someone else - Luiz - and they are both despondent at the thought of being separated. Don Alhambra, the Grand Inquisitor and explains that when he stole the Prince, he brought him to Venice and placed him with a gondolier, who had a son of the same age. The Gondolier muddled up the two children, and when the Inquisitor went to fetch the royal child he found it impossible to tell which was which. The only person who can possibly tell is Inez, the Prince's foster mother and Luiz's mother. Luiz is sent to fetch her. Giuseppe and Marco now return with their new-wed wives. Don Alhambra informs them that either Giuseppe or Marco is the King, and that until the mystery is solved they must rule as one individual. They may take all their friends with them - all, that is, except the ladies, who must stay behind.

Act II: A Garden in Barataria (Three Months Later)
Both Marco and Giuseppe have ideas on Republican government, and they have reorganized the state on these principles and as the act opens they are seen cleaning the royal crown and scepter whilst they sit on the royal throne. The contadine arrive. Though they know they were forbidden to come, Tessa and Gianetta want to know which of them is queen. Don Alhambra announces that the King is married to Casilda, and is a bigamist if he has married a contadina. The Duke instructs Marco and Giuseppe on the demeanor of a king, which they try to adopt. They are then left alone with Casilda, but their wives come in, and they all discuss the problem of who is married and who is not. They are interrupted by Don Alhambra. Inez has been found. She confesses that when she took care of the prince she substituted her own son and so Luiz, the child she called "son" is none other than the King! Luiz and Casilda are reunited, as are the Gondoliers and their contadine, and everything ends happily.

Musical Numbers

Overture

Act I
  • List and learn (Contadine &Gondoliers)
  • From the sunny Spanish shore (Duke, Duchess, Casilda & Luiz)
  • In enterprise of martial kind (Duke, Duchess, Casilda & Luiz)
  • O rapture, when alone together (Casilda & Luiz)
  • There was a time (Casilda & Luiz)
  • I stole the prince (Don Alhambra, Duke, Duchess, Casilda &Luiz)
  • But, bless my heart (Casilda & Don Alhambra)
  • Try we life-long (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Luiz & Don Alhambra)
  • Bridegroom and bride (Contadine, Gondoliers &Tessa)
  • Kind sir, you cannot have the heart (Ensemble)
Act II
  • Of happiness the very pith (Marco, Giuseppe & Men)
  • Rising early in the morning (Giuseppe & Men)
  • Here we are, at the risk (Contadine & Gondoliers)
  • Dance a cachucha (Contadine &Gondoliers)
  • There lived a king (Don Alhambra, Marco & Giuseppe)
  • In a contemplative fashion (Marco, Giuseppe, Gianetta & Tessa)
  • With ducal pomp (Men, Duke & Duchess)
  • On the day when I was wedded (Duchess)
  • To help unhappy commoners (Duke & Duchess)
  • I am a courtier (Duke, Duchess, Casilda, Marco & Giuseppe)
  • Here is a case unprecedented (Ensemble)