Valley Light Opera
Production History

• 2008

  The Emerald Isle by Basil Hood, Arthur Sullivan and Edward German (pgm)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Mar. 8

• 2007

  The Mikado by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm)(pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10

  Parody of Parodies (pgm)

  Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
  Mar. 19

• 2006

  The Gondoliers by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix) (review)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11

  The Chieftain by F. C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan (pgm)

  Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
  Mar. 4

• 2005

  The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár (pgm) (pix)

  in a new English version by Michael Greenebaum
  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12

  All at Sea (a Gilbert & Sullivan Dream) by David Stevens and Harvey Worthington Loomis (pgm)

  Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium (excerpts): Feb. 24
  Campus Center Auditorium, University of Massachusetts Amherst: Mar. 11 (30th Anniversary Celebration)(story)

• 2004

  Ruddigore by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

  The Rose of Persia by Basil Hood and Arthur Sullivan (pgm)

  Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
  Feb. 26, 28

• 2003

  H.M.S. Pinafore by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 7, 8, 9, 14, 15

  The Topsy-Turvy World of Gilbert and Sullivan (pgm)

  (Trial by Jury and selections from other G&S operas)
  Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
  Feb. 27, 28

• 2002

  The Yeomen of the Guard by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9

  Trial by Jury by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan and selections from other G&S operas

  Mark's Meadow School Auditorium, Amherst
  Mar. 7

• 2001

  The Grand Duke by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix) (review)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10

• 2000

  Iolanthe by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11

  25th Anniversary Gala Celebration (pgm)

  Campus Center Auditorium, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Mar. 18

• 1999

  The Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

  Messiah by G. F. Handel (community sing) (pgm)

  First Congregational Church, Amherst
  Mar. 28

  Spring Show '99 (pgm)

  Selections from Pirates; Anna Russell on coloraturas; P.D.Q. Bach's Serenude, madrigals, The Seasonings
  Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
  Feb. 27

• 1998

  Patience by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14

  Messiah by G. F. Handel (community sing)

  First Congregational Church, Amherst
  Apr. 5

  Spring Show '98 (pgm)

  Fanfare for the Women; selections from Patience; Anna Russell on G&S; P.D.Q. Bach's Oedipus Tex
  Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
  Mar. 5, 6

• 1997

  The Vagabond King by Rudolf Friml (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 7, 8, 9, 14, 15

  The Foundling by Mary A. Finn and Robert Weingart (excerpts)

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 27

• 1996

  The Mikado by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9

  The Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (read-through)

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 27

• 1995

  Messiah by G. F. Handel (community sing)

  First Congregational Church, Amherst
  Dec. 17

  Princess Ida by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (pgm) (pix)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11

  A 20th Year Celebration

  selections from the operas of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Mar. 14

• 1994

  Messiah by G. F. Handel (community sing)

  First Congregational Church, Amherst
  Dec. 18

  Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach (pgm)

  in a new English translation by James Ellis
  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12

  The Zoo by Arthur Sullivan and Bolton Rowe (pgm)

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 23, Mar. 13

• 1993

  Messiah by G. F. Handel (community sing)

  First Congregational Church, Amherst
  Dec. 19

  H.M.S. Pinafore by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

  A Wealth of Possibilities

  selections from G&S and other light operas
  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 25

• 1992

  The Gondoliers by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14

  Places, Please! by Benjamin Keaton

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 29

• 1991

  Ruddigore by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16

  Thespis by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  recreated by Jonathan Strong, orchestration by John Dreslin
  The Academy of Music, Northampton
  Mar. 8, 9, 10

• 1990

  The Yeomen of the Guard by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10

  Fifteenth Anniversary Concert

  selections from the operas of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Mar. 11

• 1989

  The Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11

  El Capitan by John Philip Sousa and Charles Klein

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 24

• 1988

  The Sorcerer by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12

  The Grand Duke by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 25, 27, 28

• 1987

  The Mikado by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14

  The True Story of Cinderella by Warren Martin

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 17

• 1986

  Iolanthe by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 7, 8, 9, 14, 15

  Lost Gilbert and Sullivan

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 25

• 1985

  Utopia (Limited) by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16

  Cox and Box by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Feb. 26

• 1984

  Trial by Jury (cast) and H.M.S. Pinafore (cast) by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10

  The Sorcerer by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Mar. 9, 10, 11

• 1983

  Patience by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12

  Zing, Boom, Aye! (a musical potpourri)

  St. Brigid's Parish Hall, Amherst
  July 29, 30

  The Prodigal Son by Arthur Sullivan (oratorio)

  Bowker Auditorium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  Apr. 24

  An Evening with Gilbert and Sullivan, plus The Zoo

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Mar. 13

• 1982

  Ruddigore by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13

  Trial by Jury by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium: Feb. 11
  Congregation B'nai Israel, Northampton: Mar. 7
  University Women: Mar. 19
  Sturbridge Village (Conference): May 5
  Springfield: July 4

• 1981

  Princess Ida by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14

• 1980

  The Gondoliers by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 7, 8, 9, 14, 15

  An Evening with Gilbert and Sullivan

  Amherst Regional Junior High School Auditorium
  Mar. 14

• 1979

  The Pirates of Penzance by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10

• 1978

  The Yeomen of the Guard by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 3, 4, 10, 11

• 1977

  The Mikado by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 9, 10, 11, 12

• 1976

  Iolanthe by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 10, 11, 12, 13

• 1975

  H.M.S. Pinafore by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (cast)

  Amherst Regional High School Auditorium
  Nov. 7, 8

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