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- All
roles are open for casting, including principals,
comprimarios, and chorus.
- A
memorized aria or art song (English language preferred)
is required. An accompanist will be provided, although
singers may bring their own pianist if they wish.
Please note that unaccompanied ("a cappella")
auditions are not permitted, nor are self-accompanied
auditions.
- A
completed Audition
Form is required, and a résumé and
headshot are requested if available.
- Read
Ralph MacPhail, Jr.'s Audition
Notes - with information
about each role being cast as well as tips
on preparation for auditions.
- Important
Information for Auditionees regarding rehearsals
and the rehearsal schedule.
- Auditions
will be held at the University Lutheran
Center at 2100 San Antonio - the NW corner at the
intersection
of
21st
and
San Antonio. Rooftop parking at the Lutheran Center is accessible
from the alley that runs behind the building. MAP
- A small honorarium will be paid to all performers.
- To
receive timely audition information, please confirm that we have your
contact information by joining
our mailing list.
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Ralph
MacPhail, Jr. and Jeffrey
Jones-Ragona return as artistic and musical directors,
respectively. The G&S Society's former president,
Bill Hatcher, returns as production manager.
Synopsis | Performance
Schedule | Photos of 1997 Production |
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 Produced
only once in our history, in 1997, this richly textured
show is the closest thing to grand opera in the G&S
repertoire. Both Gilbert & Sullivan considered The
Yeomen of the Guard to be their favorite collaboration.
Its story is lofty and its score is magnificent, and
yet it loses not one bit of the fun and frivolity that
are hallmarks of G&S shows. If you are not yet familiar
with Yeomen, you will be captivated with its
hauntingly beautiful tunes, its colorful pageantry, and,
yes, its topsy-turvy storyline.
 The
Yeomen opened October 3, 1888, at the Savoy
Theatre and ran for 423 performances. The darkest
of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, Yeomen ends
with a broken-hearted main character and at least
two reluctant engagements, rather than the usual
armful of marriages. However, Gilbert's "pointed" satire
and punning one-liners abound, and many believe that
the score is Sullivan's finest. Indeed, some enjoy Yeomen particularly
because of its ever-changing emotional balance of
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DRAMATIS
PERSONAE
SIR RICHARD CHOLMONDELEY (Lieutenant of the Tower)
COLONEL FAIRFAX (under Sentence of Death)
SERGEANT MERYLL (of the Yeomen of the Guard)
LEONARD MERYLL (his Son)
JACK POINT (a Strolling Jester)
WILFRED SHADBOLT (Head Jailer)
ELSIE MAYNARD (a Strolling Singer)
PHOEBE MERYLL (Sergeant Meryll's Daughter)
DAME CARRUTHERS (Housekeeper to the Tower)
KATE (her Niece)
Chorus of Yeomen of the Guard, Gentlemen, Citizens, etc. |
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9 Performances! |
| Thursday |
June
10th |
8pm |
Preview |
| Friday |
June
11th |
8pm |
Opening
Night Gala |
| Saturday |
June
12th |
8pm |
Evening
Performance |
| Sunday |
June
13th |
3pm |
Matinee |
| Thursday |
June
17th |
8pm |
Evening
Performance |
| Friday |
June
18th |
8pm |
Evening
Performance |
| Saturday |
June
19th |
3pm |
Matinee |
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8pm |
Evening
Performance |
| Sunday |
June
20th |
3pm |
Closing
Performance
Matinee
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SYNOPIS
 The setting of Yeomen is laid in the Tower of London in Shakespearean
times. The plot concerns Colonel Fairfax, a gentleman, soldier
and scientist, who has been sentenced to be beheaded in an hour
on a false charge of sorcery. To avoid leaving his estate to
his accuser (a cousin), and with the help of the Lieutenant of
the Tower, Fairfax secretly marries Elsie Maynard, a strolling
singer.
 The bride agrees to be blindfolded during the ceremony
and expects to be a well-paid widow in an hour. With the help
of the Meryll family, Fairfax escapes, throwing the Tower into
confusion and the astonished Elsie (and her mentor, the jester
Jack Point, who loves her) into despair. But Fairfax, disguised
as Leonard Meryll, woos Elsie, and after a number of plot complications
are worked out, she falls in love with Fairfax and leaves Jack
Point broken-hearted. |
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