Six Performances over two weekends:
November 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10
at The Academy of Music Northampton, MA

See Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado you’ve never seen it before! Set in the Highlands of Scotland, it tells the story of a wandering minstrel and the dainty maiden he loves, a tailor who became the Lord High Executioner and the McAdo who leads them all. VLO is bringing new life to this wonderful operetta with beautiful voices, lively dancing, sumptuous costumes, and lots and lots of humor.

Stage Director • Jacqueline Haney
Music Director • Aldo Fabrizi
Choreographer • Emily Moner
Coordinating Producer • Ted Blaisdell

Matinee performances on November 2, 3, 9, and 10 will be preceded by a pre-curtain talk given by Michael Greenebaum, a founding member of the company and the conductor of two of its productions of The Mikado. He will explain why The Mikado set in Japan became The McAdo set in Scotland and why our delight in the glories of this opera should be accompanied by sensitivity to issues surrounding its performance. Ticket holders should enter the auditorium a few minutes before 1 o’clock and come forward to the front of the auditorium for the talk, which is intended for all ages.

CAST LIST

Wynn Somme   Elaine Crane

Katishaugh  Kathy Blaisdell

Wee Jo       Rory Mason

Pretty Jean   Katelyn Geary

           



Chorus of Lassies

Lisa Amato Ekua Ampiah-Bonney

Nina Fischer Hannah Holmberg

Faith Kaufmann Nichole Kelly

Elysse Link Emily Moner

Cassidy Pawul Nina Pollard

Amanda Seymour

 




McAdo      David Belew

Pischtusch Jeff Erb

Pubagh      David Leslie

Coco          Thom Griffin

Nanky-Doug  Brad Amidon



Chorus of Lads

Richmond Ampiah-Bonney Bart Bales

Theodore Blaisdell Paul Peelle

Kevin Cox Ted Fijal

Gordon Freed Ethan Friedman
David Mix Barrington Mark McMenamin