O Joy, O Rapture Unforseen

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O Joy, O Rapture Unforseen: A Gilbert and Sullivan Gala

by the Carthage College Opera Workshop

Kenosha Pops Saturday, December 10 7:30 p.m.

A. F. Siebert Chapel Fine Arts at Carthage acknowledges that the land on which our building stands is part of the traditional Potawatomi, Sioux, Peoria, Kickapoo, and Miami peoples past, present and future. These homelands reside along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes. We honor with gratitude the land itself, and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations. Many Indigenous peoples thrive in this place––alive and strong, and this calls us to commit to continuing to learn how to be better stewards of the land we inhabit as well.

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Gregory Berg, director and pianist

November 19, 2022 | 3:00 p.m.

November 20, 2022 | 6:00 p.m.

H. F. Johnson Recital Hall

program

the company

Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri

Adam Blackwood, baritone

Tripping Hither...We Are Dainty Little Fairies S/A with Essence Christian

Essence Christian, soprano

If We’re Weak Enough To Tarry

Nicholas Dekker, baritone

Jessica Golinski and Nathan Koelhert

Christopher Glade, tenor

O Foolish Fay Katiann Nelson

Jessica Golinski, soprano

The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave Of Duty

Rachael Jasien, soprano

I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General

Nathan Koehlert, tenor

Nicholas Dekker Patience or Bunthorne’s Bride

Jenna Meola, soprano

Love is a Plaintive Song Savannah Kroeger

Katiann Nelson, mezzo soprano Lydia Ochoa, mezzo soprano

Princess Ida or Castle Adamant If You Give Me Your Attention Ben Young Come, Mighty “Must”

Savannah Kroeger, soprano

Samantha Pardo

Samantha Pardo, mezzo soprano Ben Young, baritone and

Utopia Limited or The Flowers Of Progress A Tenor All Singers Above

Christopher Glade

The Mikado or The Town Of Titipu The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze Rachael Jasien Three Little Maids

Rachael Jasien, Jenna Meola, Lydia Ochoa

Dr John Swallow, President of Carthage College, as the Lord High Chamberlain

program

director’s note I want to commend these thirteen students for their energetic and open-hearted engagement with this semester’s workshop. I especially appreciate the diligence of the seven students for whom this is their initial opera workshop experience. They have done exemplary work, and I hope that that this is just the beginning of their operatic exploration. As for the veterans in the group, I am grateful for the opportunity I have had to work with them on this and other operatic projects.

HMS Pinafore or The Lass Who Loved A Sailor He is an Englishman T/B When I Was A Lad SATB with Adam Blackwood

Intermission

We are truly honored to have Carthage President John Swallow joining in our Gilbert & Sullivan fun! Thank you, Mr. President!

I need to give a special word of praise to Katiann Nelson, a ‘super senior’ in more ways than one. In addition to contributing her considerable vocal and theatrical skills to this semester’s workshop, Katiann has also done some coaching of her fellow participants. This springs out of work that she did this past summer at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. I am grateful for her help and greatly impressed with her work.

The Gilbert and Sullivan gala that we presented five years ago would not have been the success it was without the able assistance of stage director Allison Hull. Although it was not possible for her to serve in that capacity this time around, I was able to utilize some of the choreography that she created for that production (with her permission).

I also appreciate the assistance of Doug Instenes, Managing and Artistic Director of the Racine Theater Guild in procuring a few props for this production.

Finally, I want to acknowledge the assistance that some of my fellow voice teachers at Carthage have given to their students who are part of this semester’s workshop. The quality of singing that you are hearing in this performance is a testament to the excellence of my colleagues.

GREGORY BERG

The Sorceror Now To The Banquet We Press SATB Patience or Bunthorne’s Bride A Magnet Hanging From A Hardware Wall Nicholas Dekker So Go To Him Savannah Kroeger and Adam Blackwood The Mikado or The Town Of Titipu Alone And Yet Alive Katiann Nelson Thespis or The Gods Grown Old The Little Maid of Aracadee Essence Christian Trial by Jury Oh Gentlemen, Listen

Nathan Koehlert

Ruddigore or The Witch’s Curse Sir Rupert Murgatroyd Samantha Pardo

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director’s note

Yeoman Of The Guard or The Merryman And His Maid I’ve Jib and Joke Lydia Ochoa Were I Thy Bride Jenna Meola

The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria From The Sunny Spanish Shores SATB with Adam Blackwood, Katiann Nelson, Savannah Kroeger and Christopher Glade

This semester’s workshop has been devoted to the works of two brilliant Englishmen: Composer Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) and Librettist W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911), an artistic ‘odd couple’ if there ever was one. Sullivan was a deeply serious composer who aspired to achieve fame and fortune with orchestral and choral music that he crafted in the predominantly reverent style of proper classical music. Gilbert, by contrast, was a writer who relished using comedy to lampoon the stuffy establishment of Victorian society. By some miracle, Sullivan and Gilbert managed to blend their sharply divergent personalities and styles into one of the unlikeliest collaborations that the world has ever known. It was a tense and turbulent partnership, to be sure, and their differences ultimately led to its demise, but not before they had created more than a dozen operettas that reshaped the world of music theater forever. By the way, the term ‘operetta’ most often refers to a work that is musically reminiscent of opera but includes spoken dialogue and features a light-hearted plot. The music tends to be extremely tuneful and easily accessible.

When A Merry Maiden Marries Jessica Golinski Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes Christopher Glade

The Pirates Of Penzance or The Slave Of Duty I Am a Pirate King SATB with Ben Young

HMS Pinafore or The Lass Who Loved A Sailor O Joy, O Rapture Unforeseen SATB

The program you are seeing today is a reworking of a Gilbert and Sullivan gala that we first mounted five years ago. Although there are a few differences in the repertoire being presented, the essential concept is the same: a troupe of performers who specialize in the works of Gilbert and Sullivan have just learned of a decree handed down by the Lord High Chamberlain. That decree states that the famous duo’s works are: “most obnoxious, rude and coarse … a dangerous and disruptive force….

Threatening the very foundations of this commonwealth that we all love.

And so in Queen Victoria’s name, I hereby announce, pronounce and proclaim That all the works of G & S from hither-to are banned In each and every corner of our most beloved land.”

When the troupe discovers that the Lord High Chamberlain just happens to be present, they proceed to perform for him a program of excerpts from 13 of the 14 operettas created by Gilbert and Sullivan.

In doing so, they hope to convince him to reverse his ruling. You will have to watch our program to the end to see whether or not their efforts are successful.