The 4th Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing Out

Aug. 29-31, 2008

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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

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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 - 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

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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 - 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

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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 - 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

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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 - 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

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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 - 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

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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

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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 - 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

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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 - 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

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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 - 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

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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 - 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

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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 - 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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The Sing-Out Chorus

Suzanne Bell
Grace Brigham
Christopher Brown
Clifton Coles
George Cooper
Stephanie Desjardins
Alex Desjardins
Meghan Elkins
Fran Fleming
Sheryl Friedlander
David Friedlander
Noah Friedlander
Carla Gladstone
Richard Gorbutt
Donna Jaffe
Jan-Christine Johnson
Ralph Johnson
Ellen Johnson
Mary Ann Kesilman
Mary Laird

Heather Latiri
Carlton Maryott
Jane Maryott
Douglas Maryott
Don Mitchell
Sherry Mitchell
Jim Noone
Sandy Rovner
Pamela Sears-Rogan
Charles Sheridan
Pete Silvia
Andrew Smith
Dorothy Smith
Madeleine Smith
Julie Stevens
Amy Sullivan
Jack Tossell
Julia Tossell
Sally Venman
Helen Williams

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

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Schedule for the Weekend

Friday, Aug. 29, 2008

5:30 pm - Registration & Reception

• Trial By Jury
• Patience
• The Mikado

Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008 

8 am - Registration & Breakfast

• The Sorcerer
• Princess Ida
• H.M.S. Pinafore

Break for Lunch
2 pm

• Ruddigore
• Utopia, Limited

Break for Dinner
7 pm

• The Grand Duke
• The Pirates of Penzance

Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008

8:30 am - Breakfast

• The Yeomen of the Guard
• Iolanthe
• The Gondoliers