FULL The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan Concert Franklin TN 2022 Jon Keiffner, Oscar Guevara, Karen Wonder Dumont, Julie Gilbreath

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan   
• Composer: Arthur Sullivan   
• Libretto: W. S. Gilbert  
• Venue & Opera Company: Williamson County Performing Arts Center in Franklin, Tennessee, Franklin Light Opera  
• Recorded: September 11, 2022
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Jon Keiffner, Oscar Guevara, Karen Wonder Dumont, Julie Gilbreath, Julia Damore, Lara Butler, Stephanie Hobbs, Shelley Schneider, Tyler Saunders, Shawn Davie, Ryan Bede, Will Lasley
• Conductor: Mark Ring  
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Susan Weisbarth  
• Costume Designer: Melissa Durmon  
• Lighting Designer: Jay Inman  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Franklin Light Opera  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: DVD
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Programme

  The Yeoman of the Guard (3 October 1888)

  I Have a Song to Sing, Oh! – Ensemble

  Ruddigore (22 January 1887)

  Welcome Gentry – Ensemble
  If Somebody There Chanced to Be – Julie
  When the Night Wind Howls – Will and Ensemble

  Patience (23 April 1881)

  I Cannot Tell What This Love May be – Julia and Ladies’ Chorus
  Silvered is the Raven Hair – Lara
  So Go to Him and Say To Him – Shelley and Tyler
  A Magnet Hung in a Hardware Shop – Tyler and Ladies’ Chorus

  H.M.S Pinafore (25 May 1878)

  A British Tar – Will, Tyler, Shawn
  I’m Called Little Buttercup – Stephanie
  Things are Seldom What They Seem – Stephanie and Will
  Nevermind the Why and Wherefore – Julia, Tyler, Will
  Sorry Her Lot Who Loves too Well – Karen
  Oh Joy, Oh Rapture Unforeseen – Ensemble

  Intermission

  The Mikado (9 March 1885)

  Three Little Maids from School Are We – Julie, Julia, Stephanie
  The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze – Julie
  Alone, and Yet Alive – Shelley
  More Humane Mikado – Will and Ensemble

  The Pirates of Penzance (31 December 1879)

  Oh, Better Far to Live and Die– Ryan and Ensemble
  Poor Wandering One – Karen and Ladies’ Chorus
  When Frederic Was a Little Lad – Shelley
  How Beautifully Blue the Sky – Karen, Tyler, and Ladies’ Chorus
  Stay Frederic Stay/ Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine – Karen and Tyler
  I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General- Ryan and Ensemble

  The Gondoliers (7 December 1889)

  Then One of Us Will be a Queen – Julia, Lara, Tyler, and Will
  Once More Gondolieri – Ensemble

  A Note from the Director

  Gilbert and Sullivan were creative geniuses the likes of which have not often been seen in any generation, however, it’s not until I really began to listen intently to their words and music that I developed an appreciation for their brilliant musical themes and outstanding word play. The more I listened to their music the more I realized how instrumental they were to the development of the American musical as an art form. It’s no wonder that their works are still being performed around the world more than a hundred years after their original premieres. So laugh out loud, tap your toes, and enjoy our tribute to William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
  Susan Weisbarth, Director

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