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The Gondoliers Or the King of Barataria THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA PRESENTS The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria Libretto: W S Gilbert Music: A S Sullivan DIRECTOR: BARBARA TURNER MUSICAL DIRECTOR: IAN BOATH 22-26 MAY 2007 THE UNION HALL ADELAIDE Please note: The use of cameras and audiovisual equipment is strictly prohibited in this theatre. Offenders may be asked to leave the theatre or their cameras may be removed for the duration of the performance. Mobile Phones must be turned off for the duration of the performance. BARBARA TURNER – DIRECTOR Barbara has been part of the Adelaide scene in music and drama for fifty years. Training at the Elder Conservatorium, she has tackled, during her career, everything from opera, musical comedy, oratorio, plays and the concert platform, with considerable success. She was in the original cast of Co-Opera and was a member of the ABC Adelaide Singers. She has written, directed and performed in many melodramas and has just retired as a conductor of chamber and a cappella choirs with young voices, winning many first prizes in Eisteddfods. She has been teaching voice for many years. Barbara has been performing the contralto and mezzo roles in G & S Operettas throughout her career, has played the Duchess many times as well as the role of Tessa. She has been part of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society since 1976 and is an Honorary Life Member. Her most recent role for the Society was as Lady Angela (Patience) in 2006. In May 2003 she directed The Mikado for the Society. IAN BOATH – MUSICAL DIRECTOR Ian is a freelance composer, arranger and conductor He is currently undertaking a Research Higher Degree in Australian Cultural Studies. In his spare time he conducts 10/27 RSAR Army Band, a Corporate Jazz Vocal Ensemble and the Table for Seven Vocal Ensemble. In 1994, Ian won a scholarship to study Orchestral Conducting in Siena, Italy, winning the Opera Conducting Prize. He also undertook studies in ‘Writing Music for Film’ with Ennio Morricone. Ian has been Musical Director for Opera, Operetta and Music Theatre productions in Italy, Holland and throughout Australia. This is Ian’s seventh show for G & S, previous shows include Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd and most recently, in 2006, Iolanthe. HAZEL GREEN – SPECIALIST CHOREOGRAPHY Hazel first appeared in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta (The Pirates of Penzance) in 1973. Since then, she has appeared in almost 50 productions either as a performer, choreographer or director. Her experience has ranged from directing young children in school productions to playing Sister Mary Amnesia (Nunsense) - her favourite role. Another favourite has been that of Phoebe in Yeomen - she has played her twice in full productions and several times in Tarantara! Tarantara! and 100 Years of Gilbert and Sullivan. In 2004, Hazel was the choreographer for Camelot as well as appearing in the role of Morgan Le Fey. She followed this with choreography and an appearance in An Evening With Dennis Olsen and finished the year appearing as Ruth and choreographing The Pirates of Penzance. Hazel directed Oklahoma! for the Society in 2005 for which she won Best Director in the Messenger Press Light Year awards. In 2006, Hazel played Mrs Higgins (My Fair Lady) for the MS Society and Ayah (The Secret Garden) for Therry. Hazel is an Honorary Life Member of the Society. DIRECTOR’S NOTES I had the privilege of spending four days in Venice in February this year and it is a truly wonderful and fascinating island. It gave me the opportunity of seeing and feeling this amazing place in a special way. I experienced Venice awakening at sunrise and saw the beautiful colours of the morning sunlight peep through the alleyways colouring the ancient stonework and glistening on the water. I glided in a Gondola through narrow canals bordered by buildings, centuries old. I walked through tiny cobbled streets, over dozens of bridges and saw the old wells in every square. The charm of Venice will stay with me forever and I hope that I have been able to portray some of this colour, character and emotion into my production. I was very excited to be able to bring back some authentic Venetian masks which we are using as they were worn in the 1750s. The Gondoliers was the twelfth opera by Gilbert and Sullivan and it opened at the Savoy Theatre on December 7th 1889 and ran until June 20th 1891, a total of 559 performances. I love the freshness of this opera, the colour, the fun, the vitality, the wit, the brilliant music and the most delightful characters. It has been a great pleasure directing this production, being a mixture of lots of fun and hard work, with a committed, very talented and wonderful cast, crew and production team. I have been extremely fortunate to have Ian Boath as Musical Director and Hazel Green as Choreographer. We have all worked together to present to you a traditional Gondoliers filled with energy and a few surprises. Please relax and enjoy. Barbara Turner May 2007 Dramatis Personae THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO (a Grandee of Spain) Richard Trevaskis LUIZ (his Attendant) Timothy Wilson DON ALHAMBRA DEL BOLERO (the Grand Inquisitor) Timothy Ide MARCO PALMIERI ) Paul Talbot GIUSEPPE PALMIERI ) David Lampard ANTONIO ) Stuart Benson FRANCESCO ) (Venetian Gondoliers) Brian Sudlow GIORGIO ) Gavin Lloyd-Jones ANNIBALE ) Peter Herriman THE DUCHESS OF PLAZA-TORO Bev Shean CASILDA (her Daughter) Alisia Jedrzejczak GIANETTA ) Alexandra Stubberfield TESSA ) Gemma Gibson FIAMETTA ) (Contadine) Laura White VITTORIA ) Verity House GIULIA ) Susan Brooke-Smith INEZ (the King’s Foster-mother) Lucinda Doyle GIACOPO John Hoskins Chorus of Contadine and Women of Venice Rachel Evans, Casmira Hambledon, Helen Herriman, Susan Henderson, Bella Jedrzejczak, Jennifer O’Connor, Dione Palmer, Marjorie Quin, Caroline Stanley-Smith, Marie Taylor, Renie Walker Chorus of Gondoliers, Men-at-Arms, Heralds and Pages Alex Bond, Jason Cane, Robert Caust, Michael Cochran, Damien Coghlan, Sam Davy, Steven Fischer, Barry Hammond, Richard Manning, Benjamin Neale, Blake Parham, Mark Stefanoff Supernumeraries Bruce Ide, Julian McCabe, Elizabeth Olsson, Vanessa Perrett, John Turner Children of Venice Ruby O’Loughlin, Nicholas Peters, Lisa Turner, Kieren Turner BEV SHEAN – The Duchess of Plaza-toro Bev Shean is one of Australia’s most versatile artists and has performed for many years nationally and internationally, with a vast range of roles in her repertoire. She has experience in all facets of entertainment, in drama, television, radio, musical comedy, musical theatre, operetta, opera, music hall and the concert platform where she was a soloist with the Queensland Theatre Orchestra and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. She has been a principal artist with many companies including The Queensland Theatre Co., Lyric Opera of Queensland, Brisbane Light Opera Co., Victoria State Opera, State Opera of South Australia, Opera A.C.T., Perth Opera, and as a guest artist with the Hong Kong Arts Festival. One of the highlights of her career was her highly acclaimed and compelling portrayal of Nellie Lovett, in the first professional presentation, in Australia, of Stephen Sondheim’sSweeney Todd for Opera A.C.T. She also appeared as the Fortune Teller and Inn Keeper in the Australian Premier of The Fiery Angel for State Opera of South Australia. Among Bev’s many successful roles are, The Fairy Queen (Iolanthe) (with Dennis Olsen), Connie (Dinkum Assorted), Miss Hannigan (Annie), Martha (Faust), Berta (The Barber of Seville), Marcellina (The Marriage of Figaro), Frauline Schneider (Cabaret), Flora (La Traviata), The Duchess (The Gondoliers), Madam Flora (Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium) (her favourite role), the Old Woman (Candide) (a concert version), Public Opinion in (Orpheus in the Underworld), and Filipjevna (Eugene Onegin) for which she was nominated for a Green Room Award. She toured Australia and New Zealand as Katisha in Simon Gallagher’s production of The Mikado (with Jon English) and then New Zealand again as Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance with the same company. For the Queensland Performing Arts Trust she appeared as Gladys Moncrieff in the very successful My Life is Love (a 2 person show). In 1999 Bev “retired” to Victor Harbor where she teaches singing, helps with auditionees for the South Coast Choral and Arts Society’s productions, is that company’s coach and adviser, and has played the roles of Katisha, Vera Charles (Mame) and in 2004 Bloody Mary (South Pacific). The Society was delighted to feature Bev as Lady Jane in its 2006 production of Patience, with Dennis Olsen. RICHARD TREVASKIS – THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO Early vocal training at the Elder Conservatorium whetted Richard’s appetite for the stage. Specialising in comedy and character roles, he has played more than fifty parts in G&S, operetta and musical theatre. Amongst his favourites are Col Pickering (My Fair Lady), Wilfred Shadbolt (Yeomen of the Guard) and the Duke of Plaza-Toro (The Gondoliers) all for the Society, and Mother Burnside (Mame) and Madame Lucy (Irene) for Therry. For the past 25 years, Richard has focused on directing. In 2006 he won The Advertiser’s Oscart for Best Direction of A Musical (The Secret Garden) (Therry). Other recent productions were A Little Night Music (2004) for Therry and Patience (2006), Trial By Jury (as part of An Evening with Dennis Olsen) and The Pirates of Penzance (both 2004) for the Society. He has also directed for The George Street Company (the Young Artists of the G&S Society), Sideline Artists, The Met, Q Theatre, Elder Conservatorium and the State Opera schools programme. Favourite productions include the abovementioned Therry productions, Closer Than Ever (Sideline Artists) and Sweeney Todd (G&S Society). He is to direct Into The Woods for the Society in September this year.
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