The Yorkshire Opera Workshop Presents Iolanthe, May 27-30 TunedIn, Redcar

The Yorkshire Opera Workshop is a new arts group in Teesside! It launched last year in Saltburn with a spirited production of Dido and Aeneas and Mushroom Pizza at the Saltburn Community Theatre.

Now,they return for a second season in 2014 with Iolanthe, a classic comic-opera by the famed Gilbert & Sullivan. 

It follows the story of a band of fairies who find themselves entangled in a complicated story of love, marriage, and the House of Peers. 

Fourteen young singers from across North America have travelled to Saltburn and Redcar to spend three weeks rehearsing and performing. Local baritone Jacob Ditchburn joins them as a member of the Lord’s Chorus.

THE OPERA

Iolanthe (1882)by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan

This was the first of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas to open at the Savoy Theatre. The story concerns a band of immortal fairies who find themselves at odds with the House of Lords. The opera satirises many aspects of British government and law and is as relevant and funny today as it was in the Victorian era!

Crew:

Stage Director: Nina Scott-Stoddart & David Mosey

Music Director: Gregory Myra

Stage Manager: Stephanie Kincade

Producer: Marja Ernst

Cast

Lord Chancellor: Adam Harris

Lord Mountararat: Richard Langlois/Justin Ralph

Lord Tolloller: Justin Ralph/Richard Langlois

Private Willis: Jonathon Weller

Strephon: Matthew Feener

Queen of the Fairies: Monike Porter

Iolanthe: Madison Arsenault

Celia: Brittany Stewart/Karen Slater

Leila: JacqulineEcle/Emily Roughley

Fleta: Eva Ernst

Phyllis: Susan Watkins/ Marissa Solow

Lord’s Chorus: Jacob Ditchburn / David Mosey

Iolanthe will be performed at TunedIn in Redcar on May 27, 28, 29, and 30 at 7:00 pm.  Tickets are £7 for adults, and £5 for students and seniors and can be purchased online at Eventbrite or at the door.