MITG&SP performed Utopia, Ltd. in the Spring of 1996. The show was first produced in 1893 and was the largest and most lavishly produced of the Savoy operas. The story is concerned with the adventures of the natives of a South Sea kingdom as they install British institutions on their island, and contains the usual Gilbertian elements of satire (here, directed primarily at the easy -- and often ridiculous -- assumptions of superiority that lay behind British colonialism), wit, and romance.
Here are some pages relating to the show:
King Paramount | Sheldon Brown |
Scaphio | Dan Kamalic |
Phantis | Robert Morrison |
Tarara | Mike Bromberg |
Calynx | Joseph Kaye |
Lord Dramaleigh | Kevin Mitchell |
Capt. Fitzbattleaxe | Mario Singco |
Capt. Corcoran | Leslie Corn |
Mr. Goldbury | David Jedlinsky |
Sir Bailey Barre | Jeff Bigler |
Miss Blushington | Ilena Wadler |
Princess Zara | Holly Teichholtz |
Nekaya | Andrea Humez |
Kalyba | Lya Ana Batlle |
Lady Sophy | Anita Constanzo |
Salata | Lucy Lim |
Melene | Tova Brown |
Phylla | Rebecca Consentino |
First Life Guards | Amy Hasbrouck Thomas Kettler Yanko Sheiritov |
Understudy for Miss Blushington | Leslie Maglitta |
Chorus | Kate Cunningham Randi Kestin Linda Kiley Alyssa Rosenn Carolyn Jean Smith Jenna Wilkinson Ann Wehman John Morrison Arthur Dunlap Stephen Adams |
Violins | Johanna Bobrow '99 Ananya Guha '99 Janet Ryan Mark Huang |
Viola | Rebecca bernstein Leo Mayer |
Cello | Clemens Bergwitz |
Bass | Paul Chai '99 |
Oboe | Kate Thornton (W '99) Candice McElroy |
Clarinet | Andrew Begel '96 Eric Mumpower '96 Katie Skattum |
Flute & Piccolo | Naomi Mirsky Connie Chang |
Trombone | Roy Emanuel II '99 Bill Sommerfeld '88 Daniel Peisach '90 |
Bassoon | George Greco |
Trumpet | Joy Nicholson '98 |
Producer | Ruth Jedlinsky |
Music Director | Jay Lane |
Stage Director | Joe Sweeney |
Stage Managers | Marisa Kirschbaum Jason Goodman |
Choreographer | Brenda Winston |
Technical Director | Ezra Peisach |
Master Carpenter | Gene Clegg |
Set Designer | David Jedlinsky |
House Manager | Ken Raeburn |
Orchestra Managers | Dan Peisach Johanna Bobrow |
Show Publicity | Dan Kamalic |
Programme | Andrew Greene |
Lighting Designer | Mike Bromberg |
Asst. Lighting Designer | Tom Yu |
Master Electrician | James Kirtley |
Vocal Coach | Martha Sullivan |
Costumes | Dena Cohen Jenna Wilkinson Carolyn Jean Smith |
Last modified: 27 April 2003
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