The Valley Light Opera, Inc.

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35th Anniversary Gala

or

35 Years of Singing Choruses in Public

 

Saturday, March 13th, 2010
University of Massachusetts Campus Center
Auditorium

Written, narrated and accompanied by
Glen Gordon

Conductors

Michael Greenebaum
Bill Venman
Joe Sabol


Program

Introductions Matt Roehrig, President

Act 1

Overture to Iolanthe

"I am the captain of the Pinafore"
Capt. Corcoran

"The Nightingale"
Ralph Rackstraw

"Over the bright blue sea"

"'Tis done, I am a bride"
Elsie Maynard

"Our great Mikado"
Pish Tush

"Cheerily carols the lark"
Mad Margaret

"Kind captain"
Captain Corcoran
Dick Deadeye

"Night has spread her pall"
Dame Carruthers
 

H.M.S. Pinafore
Joseph Donohue

H.M.S. Pinafore
Pat Callinan

H.M.S. Pinafore

The Yeomen of the Guard
Kathy Hall

The Mikado
Matt Roehrig

Ruddigore
Mary Hocken

H.M.S. Pinafore
Matt Roehrig
Joseph Donohue

The Yeomen of the Guard
Mary Jane Disco

Dinner is served.

Act 2

"Although of nature"
Princess Nekaya
Princess Kalyba

"None shall part us"
Phyllis
Strephon

"If you're anxious for to shine"
Reginald Bunthorne

"Sad is a woman's lot"
Lady Jane

"Eagle high"


Utopia, Limited
Lorena Healy
Carol Flandreau

Iolanthe
Lorena Healy
Matt Roehrig

Patience
Steve Morgan

Patience
Mary Jane Disco

Utopia, Limited

Desserts are served.

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Act 3

Madrigal - "Brightly dawns"
Yum-Yum
Pitti-Sing
Nanki-Poo
Pish-Tush

"I've got a little list"
Ko-Ko

"Now Julia, come"
Julia
Ernest Dumbkopf

"I am a maiden"
Hilarion
Florian
Cyril

"When the buds are blossoming"
Rose Maybud
Dame Hannah
Richard Dauntless
Old Adam

"When the foeman"
Mabel
Edith
Sergeant
Major General Stanley

The Mikado
Libby Maxey
Heather Davies
Jonathan Evans
Phil Helzer

The Mikado
Jonathan Klate

The Grand Duke
Louise Krieger
Matt Roehrig

Princess Ida
Jonathan Evans
John Healy
Phil Helzer

Ruddigore
Libby Maxey
Elaine Fligman
Jonathan Evans
Gordon Freed

The Pirates of Penzance
Nancy Parland
Heather Davies
Al Hudson
Steve Morgan

Recognitions

And finally . . .

"Young Strephon" Iolanthe

50/50 Raffle Pulling

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Singers

Susanne Anderson
Carleton Brose
Catherine Butterfield
Patrick Callinan
Connie Cappelli
Ed Chang
Anne Clark
Heather Davies
Mary Jane Disco
Joseph Donohue
F. Helena Donovan
Jonathan Evans
Carol Flandreau
Elaine Fligman
John Foster
Gordon Freed
Jay Frost
Glen Gordon
Kate Green
James Hanner
John Healy
Lorena Healy
Abby Helzer
Phil Helzer
Mary Hocken
Al Hudson
Marese Hutchinson
Natalie Imbier
Phyllis Jordan
Jonathan Klate
Louise Krieger
Elysse Link
Libby Maxey
Steve Morgan
Nancy Nesheim
Nancy Parland
Diana Peelle
Paul Peelle
Lee Pershyn
Nina Pollard
Lucy Robinson
Matthew Roehrig
Jack Stebbins
Dick Stromgren
Bill Tobey
Sally Venman
Elaine Walker
Jim Walker

Orchestra

Flutes
Oboe
Bassoon
Clarinets
Trumpets
French Horns
Trombones
Percussion
Violins
 
 
Violas
Cello
String Bass
Sue Dunbar, Pat Devine
John Vance
George Howard
Miriam Jenkins, Jim Henle
John Jenkins, Dan Melbourne
Tom Hooper, Willa Nehlsen
Jim Walker, Joe Sabol
Mark Richardson
Barbara Freed, Deb Greenebaum,
Linda Greenebaum, Diana Peele,
Tyson Peelle, Denise Sitler, Carol Trosset
Judy Hudson, Mark Niemela
Barbara Davis, Janet O'Rourke, Steve Woolf
Eric Colbeck
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In Memory

Charles Adams
Dean Allen
Elizabeth Allen
Bob Archer
Bob Bancroft
Paul Barber
Joan Berry
Paul Bigelow
Robert Boucher
Catherine Bowers
Marilyn Brand
Richard Cartwright
Elaine Chesnut
Walter Chesnut
Joseph Contino
Trudy Cotanche
Nancy J. Dahowski
William M. Davis
Vincent N. DeFelice
Ted deLesdernier
Roger W. H. Dods
Maura Donohue
Paul Ford
Irene Gifford
Charles A. Godsell
Hera Goodrich
Kurtiss J. Gordon
Larry Grose
Fran Cramer Hannify
Dana Harlow
Carol Haven
Ed Horst
William Hungerford
Kevin P. Hutchinson
Fred Jeffrey
Thomas A. Kelley
Peter Kitchell
John Kolasienski
Sylvester Krzanowski
Wobke Kummerle
E. Ernest Lindsey
Kathleen Mathieson
James Mauldon
Bob Mertz
Bruce I. Miller
Kathy Moser
Stan Moss
Peter Niemczura
Walter Papp
Teresa Patrick
Henry Peirce
Eugene Piedmonte
Roger Porter
Aron Pressman
Todd A. Raver
Samuel W. Reed
Isaac Reid
Wayne W. Robertson
John Rosenau
Robert Salvini
Eveline Sears
Maurice Shelby
Shirley Shelby
Roman R. Skibiski III
Jennifer Smar
Martha Stebbins
Richard Stevens DDS
Dorothy Stockwell
Don Tepper
Jan Tolhurst
Sally Tripp
Philip H. Ward
Peter Webster
Al Wynne

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W.S. Gilbert

Production History

Fall Productions

H.M.S. Pinafore
Iolanthe
The Mikado
The Yeomen of the Guard
The Pirates of Penzance
The Gondoliers
Princess Ida
Ruddigore
Patience
Trial by Jury
Utopia (Limited)
The Sorcerer
Orpheus in the Underworld
The Vagabond King
The Grand Duke
The Merry Widow
1975, 1984, 1993, 2003
1976, 1986, 2000
1977, 1987, 1996, 2007
1978, 1990, 2002
1979, 1989, 1999, 2009
1980, 1992, 2006
1981, 1995, 2008
1982, 1991, 2004
1983, 1998
1984
1985
1988
1994
1997
2001
2005


Arthur Sullivan

Production History

Spring Performances and Productions

(The VLO has performed every spring and occasionally in the summer since 1980, most often at annual meetings, but also at other venues. The performances and the productions listed below are of pieces that have actual titles.)

Trial By Jury
The Zoo
The Prodigal Son
The Sorcerer
Cox and Box
Cinderella
The Grand Duke
El Capitan
Thespis
Places, Please
The Pirates of Penzance
The Foundling
The Rose of Persia
All At Sea
The Chieftain
The Emerald Isle
The Beauty Stone
1982, 2002, 2003
1983, 1994
1983
1984
1985
1987
1988
1989
1991
1992
1996
1997
2004
2005
2006
2008
2009