Valley Light Opera

Twenty-fifth Anniversary
Celebration

PROGRAM

Saturday, March 18, 2000
Campus Center Auditorium
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts

MC's -- Mary Jane Schulze and Steve Morgan
Conductors -- Michael Greenebaum, Peter Gutowski and Bill Venman
Accompanists -- Glen Gordon and Kathy Moser

Before dinner

1. Iolanthe -- Finale, Act I
2. Thespis -- "Climbing over rocky mountain": Pretteia -- Elaine Fligman
Daphne -- Elaine Walker
Timidon -- Mzamo Mangaliso
Sillimon -- Kurt Gordon
3. Ruddigore -- "When the buds are blossoming"
4. The Gondoliers -- "Dance a cachucha"
5. Utopia, Limited -- "Eagle high"

After dinner, before dessert

6. H.M.S. Pinafore -- "Refrain, audacious tar": Josephine -- Kathy Hall
Ralph Rackstraw -- Pat Callinan
7. Princess Ida -- "The world is but a broken toy": Princess Ida -- Julie Poole
Hilarion -- Walter Denny
Cyril -- Pat Callinan
Florian -- Al Hudson
8. The Gondoliers -- "'Tis a glorious thing": Gianetta -- Julie Poole
Tessa -- Kathy Moser
Marco -- Jack Stebbins
Giuseppe -- Matt Roehrig
9. The Yeomen of the Guard -- "Strange adventure": Kate -- Elaine Walker
Dame Carruthers -- Mary Jane Schulze
Col. Fairfax -- Pat Callinan
Sgt. Meryll -- Alan Harris
10. Utopia, Limited -- "Altho' of native maids the cream": Princess Nekaya -- Lorena Healy
Princess Kalyba -- Carol Flandreau
11. The Pirates of Penzance -- "Poor wandering one": Mabel -- Kathy Hall

After dinner

12. Trial by Jury -- "All hail, great judge" and "When I good friends": Judge -- Glen Gordon
13. H.M.S. Pinafore -- "Never mind the why or wherefore": Josephine -- Kathy Hall
Sir Joseph Porter, KCB -- Jim Ellis
Capt. Corcoran -- Joe Donohue
14. The Mikado -- "I am so proud": Ko-Ko -- Jim Ellis
Pish-Tush -- Bob Kumin
Pooh-Bah -- Joe Donohue
15. The Mikado -- Finale, Act I: Katisha -- Mary Jane Schulze
Nanki-Poo -- Pat Callinan
Yum-Yum -- Lorena Healy
Pitti-Sing -- Elaine Fligman
16. Ruddigore -- "My eyes are fully open": Mad Margaret -- Lucy Robinson
Despard Murgatroyd -- Thom Griffin
Ruthven Murgatroyd -- Matt Roehrig
17. The Sorcerer -- "My name is John Wellington Wells": John Wellington Wells -- Thom Griffin
18. Patience -- "Sad is that woman's lot": Lady Jane -- Mary Jane Schulze
19. Princess Ida -- Finale, Act II: Princess Ida -- Julie Poole
Skit -- "Backstage Blues" -- by Sabra MacLeod: Producer -- Cami Elbow
Don Alhambra -- Al Hudson
Ruth -- Mary Jane Schulze
Fairy Queen -- Lucy Robinson
20. The Pirates of Penzance -- "Hail, poetry"

25th Anniversary Committees
Dick Stromgren, General Chairperson

Planning:: Barbara Davis, Carol Flandreau, Glen Gordon, Marese Hutchinson, Sabra MacLeod, Judy Pistrang, Bill Venman, and Sally Venman
Calendar:: Carol Flandreau, Glen Gordon, Kurt Gordon, and Louise Krieger
Program:: Glen Gordon and Bill Venman
Skit:: Sabra MacLeod assisted by Pat Devine

Board of Directors, 2000-2001

Mzamo Mangaliso, President; Barbara Davis, Past President; Kurt Gordon, Clerk; Jim Walker, Treasurer; Mary Annarella, Cathy Butterfield, Tamara Gallant, John Jenkins, Lew Jordan, Bob Kumin, Rena Moore, Kathy Moser, Steve Tanne, Kathy Tobiassen