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A Welcome to You From the President of the Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society It is my privilege, on behalf of the Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society, to welcome you to the National Concert Hall where our Society is continuing to celebrate its 90th birthday. To stand the test of time is one of the criteria that defines a product of high quality. To have lasted 90 years in the precarious world of show business and to be as popular as always, surely speaks volumes for the ‘product’ known affectionately as “the R&R”. Our Society is aware that it is operating in the professional theatre world and consequently to flourish in such an environment, it is necessary to strive towards the highest standards of production and performance all of which requires constant dedication by our m em bers. It is of som e interest that of the Society’s 273 productions to date, 165 or just over 60%, were Gilbert and Sullivan operas. This being so, it was only natural that the year of our special birthday would include a concert celebrating the wit and music of Gilbert and Sullivan. We trust you will enjoy tonight’s concert which is our tribute to Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan whose extraordinary talents have been so m uch part of our Musical Society. We look forward to entertaining you for at least another 90 years!
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Tickets €22 €25 & €30 Booking from th e NCH Box Office, Tel; 417 0000 - No Booking Charge Discounted Group Bookings, Tel: 837 1419
Website: www.glasneyinmusicalsociety.com
Saturday 6th December 2003 National Concert Hall, Dublin at 8pm
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Ml'- Qilbert,Mf- Sullivan andMi^- T)’Oijly Carte Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) W. s. Gilbert once described Arthur Sullivan as “imcomparabiy the Greatest English musician of the ag e”. Besides contributing witty operatic parodies and a string of effervescent melodies to the Savoy operas, he wrote, am ongst other works, cantatas, oratorios, concert overtures, incidental music to plays, num erous songs and a grand opera. He was the conductor of the Leeds Festival for almost twenty years, a friend of royalty and a keen follower of the turf. He was knighted in 1883.
William Schw enck Gilbert (1836-1911) William Schwenck Gilbert m ade a huge contribution to making the Savoy operas what they are - witty, dry, romantic, subversive, nonsensical and very funny. He directed the first productions and often contributed towards the costum e and set designs. He also achieved m uch else - writing som e of the funniest and m ost scandalous com edies of his day, writing and illustrating those grotesque m asterpieces the Bab Ballads, and building London’s Garrick Theatre, am ongst other things. He was knighted in 1907.
Richard D’Oyly Carte and his Opera Company Richard D’Oyly Carte was born on 3rd May 1844 in London. His father, Richard Carte, was a flautist and musical instrument manufacturer. The “D’Oyly”, a Norman French nam e, cam e from his m other’s side of the family. He remains a shadowy figure in the background of the Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte partnership. Little about his life or personality is known. Yet Richard D’Oyly Carte was a m an of extraordinary vision, a talented musician and his business acum en set up a com pany which m ade him a richer m an than his partners.
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01 4945698 / 0 8 6 2584154 D id You Know . . . That in 1913, the y ear the R&R was established the Irish Times reported . . . “The Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society are to be congratulated on their belief in themselves; it was one half of the battle, and their well-directed ability carried them safely the rest of the way to a successful issue in the Queen’s Theatre last night. It was certainly courageous in a young Society like this to bodily attem pt the production of The Mikado, one of the most popular and best known o f the Gilbert & Sullivan operas; but when all due allowances are made for a first attempt, even a captious critic m ust adm it that the performance in many respects compared very favourably vi^th its many predecessors” The Irish Times
President: Pat Campbell Executive Committee Members to June 2004 Ciiairman General Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Business Secretary Production Secretary Rehearsal Secretary Wardrobe Master Wardrobe Mistress Press & PR Marketing Secretary Booking Secretary Block Booking Secretary Social Secretary Active Members Representatives
Oliver Hill Camillus Mountaine Ig Lyons Dodo O ’H agan Liam Carroll Nora O ’Rourke Michelle Foynes Noel Byrne Denise O ’Mahony Mary McDonagh Peter Nolan Margaret Dickson Barney Gorman Imelda Bradley Brendan Galvin Fergal O ’Sullivan Reiltin Bowes Shay Gibson
All Executive Committee Members serve the Society In an Honorary Capacity
An Sm'mg W ithMf- Qilbert k M f - Sullimn Marketing, Compilation and Designing of the Programme by:
Peter Nolan Wardrobe by: Denise O ’Mahony & Noel Byrne Assisted by: Dympha Bevan & Barney Gorman Ladies Costumes by: Homburgs o f Leeds Gents Costumes by: City Tailors Ltd R&R Cast Committee: Dympna Egar, Joan Campbell, Gearoid Grant, Barbara Graham, Jackie Curran-Olohan, Shay Gibson and Barney Gorman
The Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society acknowledge the work o f AIMS and their Adjudication Schem e for AIMS Member Societies
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Director: Noel McDonough Noel’s credits include The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus and Give My Regards with Glasnevin M.S. in the National Concert Hail. He has been very successful at the W aterford International Festival of Light Opera winning the Best Director Award seven times with Mack & Mabel, Chicago, Cabaret, Barnum, Crazy For You and Chess. He specialises in Premieres, Lil’Abner, Dames at Sea, On Your Toes, 42nd Street and Evita vidth Arthurs Team. He also directed A Slice of Saturday N ight and The Last of the Red H ot Lovers in Andrews Lane, and the world premieres of Rebecca Storm s’ Hollywood Ladies and Brian O ’Reilly’s Buskin at The Tivoli Theatre. Noel’s T.V. credits include winning four national finals o f John Player Tops, he devised and directed Different Dreams for R.T.E.and staged The Last Night of the Proms - Viennese Night - for the Bank of Ireland Proms. His recent credits include Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness, Assassins by Stephen Sondheim at The Samuel Beckett Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma! Carousel, Guys & Dolls,Me and My Girl for the R&R at the Gaiety Theatre and Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk also at the Gaiety and the acclaimed Annie and Mouseio’s Magic House at the Tivoli. Noel’s production of The New Pirates of Penzance for Wexford Light Opera won Best Overall Show in AIMS in 2002. Noel graduated in 1997 from the Samuel Beckett School, Trinity College with an Honours Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies. This is Noel’s sixth production with the Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society. He would like to thank the production team, a brilliant cast, crew and the Executive Committee for all the support and creative input in making An Evening with Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullioan such a success.
Musical Director: Gearoid Grant Gearoid Grant was born in Dublin and graduated with a B.Mus degree from University College Dublin. Since then he has combined a freelance career as conductor with a career in music education. He has conducted all the principal orchestras in Ireland, the National Symphony Orchestra, the RTE Concert Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland. Gearoid devised and continues to present and conduct the acclaimed series Music in the Classroom which introduces music to 30,000 Irish children annually, with performances at the National Concert Hall in Dublin and in major venues around Ireland. The programme is developed in conjunction with RTE, The Irish Times and the Department of Education. Gearoid has toured in England with the Irish Chamber Orchestra. He has conducted all of Shaun Davey’s major works, and premieres of Shaun Davey’s Relief o f Derry Symphony in 1989 and his Concerto for Uilleann Pipe performed for the first time at Greenwich Festival in London. These works are recorded for Tara Records. He has done a great deal of film work with the Irish Film Orchestra, of which he is Associate Musical Director. No stranger to television and theatre, Gearoid Grant has conducted a wide repertoire ranging from Mozart to Sondheim. Gearoid has been the conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland Under 18s since it was formed in 1980 and is a member of the Board of the NYOl. This is Gearoid’s 25th year as Music Director with the R&R.
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Chorus Director: Jackie Curran-Olohan Daughter of Josephine Scanlon and the late Chris Curran, Jackie has distinguished herself as a performer, musician, music director, chorus master and teacher. Her musical education thrived under Sr. Agnes Nolan at St. Mary’s College, Arklow, Eithne Troy at the College of Music and subsequently GCD from which she graduated with a B Mus. (Hons.). Jackie has been Music Director and Conductor for many show premieres and was awarded Best Music Director at the Waterford Festival of Light Opera for Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. This, and conducting her father in Annie at the Olympia, she regards as her highlights to date. As a performer she has appeared at the NCH and on RTE radio and television. Most recently Jackie returned to D.A.Y.M.S. for Le Cage Aux Folles at the SFX. Jackie is once again delighted to be joining her chorus on stage for this year’s G&S concert.
Choreographer: Joe Conlan Joe is no stranger to the field of light entertainment in Irish show business. Educated at Synge St. C.B.S. where he first started his stage career training with Billie Barry, Mavis Ascott for dance and Prof. Paul Deegan at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He began singing and dancing in all the well known pantos at the Gaiety Theatre and played opposite Twink and Rebecca Storm in other theatres throughout Ireland. Joe won critical acclaim for his portrayal of Tulsa in the musical Gypsy, for Tommy Keeler in Annie Get Your Gun and Cosmo Brown in Singing in the Rain, Ko Ko in The Hot Mikado and Daphne in Some Like it Hot. He has appeared on television on numerous occasions as a solo artist and as a guest with the RTE Concert Orchestra. He was the very first on stage at Croke Park to warm up 80,000 people at the Special Olympics, along with performing twice this summer for President McAleese at Aras an Gachtaran. He choreographed Me and My Girl for the R&R and he is at present in rehearsals for this year’s panto Jack and the Beanstalk at the Liberty Hall Arts Centre playing Jack’s mother.
Set Design: John O ’Donoghue
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John is a graduate of the National College of Art & Design. Recent design credits include: La Boheme for Lyric Opera, Into the Woods for Full Circle, and Cannelot for Festival Productions. For the Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society John has designed their 90th Anniversary Concert in spring 2003, and also The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof and A Century of Song. Other credits include The Lion, the W itch and the Wardrobe and Jack and the Beanstalk (Cork Opera House) , The Sound o f Music , La Traviata, Oliver (N.C.H.) Dog House and The Hired Man (Draiocht); Buskin’ (Tivoli Theatre and Cork Opera House); Return to the Forbidden Planet, Oncle, Oncle and Nothing Compares to You (Andrews Lane), Assassins (Samuel Beckett Theatre).Westside Story ,Godspell ,Evita ,Me and My Girl ,Chess , Crazy For You , Barnum ,Grease ,Singin in the Rain , Anything Goes , Calamity Jane and Carousel am ongst others. Play credits include War, Canaries and Juno and the Paycock. John has designed the set for Jury’s Irish Cabaret for the last eight years.
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Celine Byrne Celine is a tiiird-year student on the music degree course in the Dublin Institute of Technology. She is currently studying voice with Edith Forrest and coach Trudi Carburry. Celine has been appearing in musical productions since she was 14. Her roles to date include major parts with the Naas Musical Society in their productions of My Fair Lady, Showboat, and The Merry Widow - for which she won the AIMS Award for Best Female Singer. In 2003 she won the Bill Canning Trophy at the Waterford Drama Festival. Celine has performed with Opera Ireland, Anna Livia and Lyric Opera. Her successes at feiseanna include Feis Ceoil and the Ballymena Music Festival and she is particularly proud to have been involved in the establishing of the John McCormack Society. Celine is thrilled to be part of this production celebrating the 90th Birthday of the R&R
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Colin has been involved in over 100 productions either as actor or director and has been nominated for AIMS awards in both categories. He has received many Best Actor awards appearing with St. Patrick’s DS, Dalkey on the national drama circuit. He directed Bray Musical Society’s award winning production of West Side Story at the Waterford Festival of Light Opera and his productions of Oliver and Godspell for Dun Laoghaire MS both won the Spirit of Aims Awards. He has also directed Oklahoma! for the DMDS and Crazy for You in Bray. Colin played the Star-Keeper in the 2000 R&R production of Carousel Sir John Tremayne in the R&R’s 2002 production of Me and My Girl Other work that Colin has directed for various societies include The Hot Mikado, The Wiz, Chess and Fiddler on the R oof - where he played Tevye.
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Colm Lalor Colm cam e to singing and the stage late, after injury ended an athletics career in which he had run 31,000 miles. The competitive spirit (and lungs) having been established, he began voice training immediately with Edith Forrest. He has played such tenor roles as ‘Camille’, ‘Mr. Snow’, ‘Phillipe’, ‘Frederick’, ‘Hilarion’, ‘Sid le Kar’ and others, with m ore than a dozen different musical societies. Colm performed before with the R&R; he captained their Pinafore in the NCH and played Mr. Snow in Carousel in the Gaiety. Training with Sister Peter Cronin, Colm won the tenor solo competition in the Feis Ceoil Centenary Year 1996 and made his operatic debut playing ‘II Messegero’ in Aida with Lyric Opera also at the NCH.
Garry Mountaine
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As a baritone Garry has appeared in Dublin, and around Ireland playing major roles as diverse as Finch in H ow To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying to Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Garry studied with Dr Veronica Dunne at the Leinster School of Music and at the RIAM with Professor Paul Deegan. He appeared in the Opera Theatre Company’s production of Mahogany Songspiel for the Dublin Theatre Festival and Sceanario’s production of In Company With Sondheim in the NCH. Garry, while with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, played Poo-Bah in their production of The Mikado and Wilfred Shadbolt in Yeomen of the Guard. Garry’s TV and radio work in Ireland includes appearances on The Late Late Show , Live at 3 and Theatre Nights. He has also appeared in productions of The Mikado and Yeomen of the Guard for the BBC. Garry played Ramades in Risen People and Prof. Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, both productions staged in the Gaiety. Other parts include Joe Kellor in All My Sons, Emile De Becque in South Pacific, Sam Byck in Assassins, Khruschev in JFK and Dancairo in Carmen. He played The Man in Buskin in the Tivoli Theatre and Nathan Detroit in the recent R&R production of Guys & Dolls in the Gaiety. Earlier this year Garry co-directed the R&R’s 90th Birthday Celebration Concert, having previously directed The Mikado (2001) and The Pirates o f Penzance (2002).
Jackie Curran-Olohan Refer to Chorus Director (Page 10)
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“The talented combination presented the opera before a large and appreciative house with m uch acceptance. The work was staged in luxuriant style. The music entrusted to a chorus and augm ented orchestra, numbering over 100 was exceedingly well done under the able direction of Mr. C.P. Fitzgerald; while the solo, duet and trio parts reached a high standard of excellence”. Irish Independent
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John Mooney John developed his taste for the stage in school, where he played in a variety o f m usicals and plays, w inning a best actor award in Feis A tha Cliath. Vocally, John trained initia lly in the College o f M usic and then m oved to the Royal Academ y o f M usic where he studied under the direction o f Professor Paul Deegan. He has played m any lead roles th a t include the Barrister in Trial b y Ju ry, Ozzie in Irene, Action in West Side S tory, Petrucio in Kiss M e Kate; Barnaby in H ello D o lly and Guiseppe in the Gondoliers, the Beadle in S w e en y Todd and Jo hn H inckley in Assassins. He has appeared on RTE television and radio. He has sung in a wide range o f concerts in all the m ain Irish venues including the NCH. In 2002 John played the lead role, B ill Snipson, in the R&R’s p ro d u ctio n o f Me and My Girl in D ub lin ’s Gaiety Theatre. He is delighted to be back, once again, w orking w ith the R&R - especially during the society’s 90th B irthday Year.
Lucy Lane Lucy - fo r m any years an active m em ber o f the R&R has played the entire range o f leading female parts in the G ilbert & Sullivan operas. She has also appeared on m any occasions w ith the Society during its seasons in the National C oncert Hall. Lucy is delighted to be p articip atin g in the Society’s 90th Birthday Celebration.
Mary-Beth Jennings Born in Waterford, Mary-Beth is a multiple feiseanna award winner, including the Pearl Atock Trophy for Mezzo-Soprano, Thomas Moore Cup and a double winner of The Denis O’Brien Medal. Her m ost recent performances have included “Cinderella Stepmother” in “Into the Woods” , which recently won best overall show in The Waterford Light Opera Festival, “Carrie” in Carousel with Coolmine Musical Society for which she was awarded Best Supporting Actress with AIMS 2003, “Sr. Sophia” in “The Sound of Music" and “Ado Annie” in “Oklahoma”, both with Festival Productions in the NCH. “Kate” in the R&R production o f Pirates of Penzance, a singing maid with Summer Festival production of My Fair Lady. Mary-Beth has also appeared with Lyric Opera in “Madame Butterfly” , “La Traviata” .and “ Hansel & Gretal” Past credits include soloist with Ronan Tynan in the Jubilee Celebrations and MS Annual Foundation Concert with The Barrack Street Band in Waterford and Mezzo Soprano with HM productions tour. Acting roles include “ Bridget” in Brian Friels “Translations” and “Lady Alice” in “A Man for All Seasons” , both in Tipperary.
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An Sming WithMr. filbert ^ Mr- Sullivan Mr. Gilbert - G arry M ountaine
Mr. Sullivan - C olin S m ith
T h e P r o g r a m m e - Pa r t 1 THE G&8 OPERA Trial By Jury
The Sorcerer HMS Pinafore
Pirates Of Penzance
THE G&8 SONG
All Hail Great Judge Judge’s Song A Pale Young Curate We Sail The Ocean Blue I’m Called Little Buttercup A Maiden Fair To See The Hours Creep On Apace Never Mind The Why And Wherefore Climbing Over Rocky Mountains Is There Not One Maiden Breast Poor Wandering One Hold Monsters Modern Major General When The Foeman Bears His Steel
Patience
If Your Anxious For To Shine Silvered Is The Raven Hair Double Chorus
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Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady Finale of lolanthe - Act 1
PERFORMED BY John Mooney, Bob McKevItt & Chorus John, Bob & Chorus Colm Lalor Men’s Chorus Lucy Lane Paul Byrom Celine Byrne Celine, Colm and John Ladies Chorus Paul & Chorus Celine Celine & Colm Colm & Chorus Bob, Naoise, Stuart Kelly and Chorus Colm Lucy Mary-Beth Jennings, Mary Flaherty & Chorus Garry, John and Paul Company
Did You Know. . . That in 1939, only 26 years after the R&R was established, Flann O’Brien referred to our Society in his book At Swim-Two-Birds ‘I then recalled that (my uncle) was a member of an operatic society composed of residents of the Rathmines and Rathgar district, an indifferent voice of the baritone range winning for him a station in the chorus. Mr. Corcoran, I thought, was likewise situated...’
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An S m 'mg WithMr- Qilbert Mr. Sullivan R&R Principals Celine Byrne, Colin Smith, Colm Lalor, Garry Mountaine, Jackie Curran-Olohan, John Mooney, Lucy Lane, Mary-Beth Jennings, Mary Flaherty, Naoise Stuart Kelly, Paul Byrom, Peter Lewis, Robert McKevitt & Aoife Boyce T he P rogramme - Part 2 THE G&S OPERA Mikado
THE G&S SONG
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Gentlemen Of Japan
Men’s Chorus
A Wandering Minstrel
Paul and Men’s Chorus
Three Little Maids
Naoise, Mary-Beth, Aoife Boyce & Ladles Chorus
The Sun Whose Rays
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Tit Willow
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There’s Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
John and Jackie Curran-Olohan
Finale Mikado - Act 2
Mary-Beth, Naoise, Paul & Chorus
Ruddigore Yeomen Of The Guard
Etiquette Song
Naoise
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Garry and Mary
When Maiden Loves
Mary-Beth
When Our Gallant Norman Foes
Jackie and Men’s Chorus
The Gondoliers
T’is Done, 1Am A Bride
Celine
The Prisoner Comes
Celine and Chorus
The Merriest Fellows
Peter Lewis and Chorus
Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
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Once More Gondolieri
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Mary Flaherty Mary is currently studying with Conor Farren in the Abbey School of Music. She has been interested in music from an early age, having played the roles of the Narrator in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Maria in The Sound o f M usic and Golde in Fiddler on the Roof. Mary has performed with the R&R in many of their concerts and musical productions including Showboat, HMS Pinafore, Fiddler on the Roof, O klahom a! and Carousel. She played the role of Lady Jacqueline Carstone in the 2002 production of Me and M y Girl. Mary has performed with Lyric Opera in many o f their productions including Suor Angelica, Calualleria Rusticana, Tosca, Viva Verdi and m ost recently in La Boheme here in the NCH. She has appeared in many concerts in Dublin and in her native Galway. During 2001 Mary toured the USA as a soloist with Lord o f the Dance. She is the current holder of the Oratorio Cup from Ballymena Music Festival.
Naoise Stuart Kelly Naoise trained in singing with Dr. Veronica Dunne and recently graduated with a Higher Diploma in Musical Theatre Performance from the Royal Academy of Music, London. While at the Academy, Naoise received the Ronald W illiam White Prize for Singing/Acting from the directors o f Les Miserables. She performed at the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations at Buckingham Palace and at Theatre Royal Drury Lane (An Enchanted Evening) for BBC, alongside Dame Judi Dench and Lesley Garrett. Recent roles have included Alice (Closer) by Patrick Marber, Mrs. Swabb (Habeas Corpus) by Alan Bennett and Sue (A Slice of Saturday Night). Most recently Naoise played Little Red Riding Hood in Full Circle’s m ultiple award winning production o f Sondheim ’s Into the Woods. Other theatre credits include Yum-Yum (The Mikado) with the R&R, Sr. Margaretta (The Sound of Music) with Festival Productions and Cousin (Madama Butterfly) with Lyric Opera - all at the National Concert Hall. Naoise also toured Asia as lead vocal understudy with Riverdance - the Show. Naoise was the first recipient o f the Home-Hewson Bursary from the R&R musical society - which she used to help finance her musical theatre training in London. Naoise would like to thank the R&R for their on-going support and encouragement.
Paul Byrom This is Paul’s fourth production with the R&R - his first being in 2001 in the NCH playing Nanki-Poo in The Mikado. Since then he has had many fantastic experiences in the m usic industry both in Ireland and overseas and enjoys every minute o f it! Paul is delighted to be perform ing in this very special 90th R&R birthday production. He hopes everything goes well for all those involved...especially the audiences. Paul takes this opportunity to thank the R&R for all their support given to him and hopes that you will now sit back and enjoy this evening in the company of Mr Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan and their R&R friends?
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Peter Lewis Peter - has been a regular contributor to R&R productions on the stage of the NCH for many years. He featured as Marco and Antonio in The Gondoliers, Pish-Tush in The Mikado, the Bosun in HMS Pinafore and Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance. Peter is looking forward to an enjoyable 90th Birthday Season with the R&R and hopes you enjoy this production.
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Bob McKevitt makes a return to the stage after nearly eight years and will appear as the Sergeant of Police in an excerpt from The Pirates o f Penzance, a role he has played many times in the past. Bob has always been fond of G&S and has performed many of the well-known bass parts such as the Grand Inquisitor Gondoliers, Mikado and Poohbah Mikado, Sergeant Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard etc., etc. Bob has wide experience in many other formats such as musical comedy and opera plus a few trips into film and television. Bob says it is good to be back on stage even if it is (to quote Dame Carruthers) “in the autumn of our lives”. Aoife
Aoife Boyce A native of Donegal, Aoife began studying music at an early age and appeared on stage in productions with her school and local drama society. Aoife has been an active member of the R&R for a number of years and has enjoyed performing in The Mikado, Guys and Dolls, The Pirates of Penzance and in this year’s birthday concert, here in the MCH Celebration! 90 Years o f the R&R. Aoife has just recently completed her Degree in Geography and Music and is currently involved with the Breaking the Cycle project in the Ballymun area of Dublin.
Did You Know .
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“A highly successful beginning was made last night at the Queens Theatre by the members of the Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society in their presentation of The Mikado”. Beautifully staged, pretty setting, all parts capably filled. The Mikado went almost without a hitch from the very beginning.” Evening Telegraph
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An Svening with Mr- Qilbert andMf- Sullivan That Arthur Sullivan and William S. Gilbert becam e one of the m ost successful partnerships in the history of musical theatre was due not only to their incomparable talents, but also to the astuteness and perception of Richard D’Oyly Carte, a brilliant impresario and founder of the opera com pany which still bears his nam e to this day. In 1871 Gilbert, one of England’s leading dramatists, satirists and comic writers of the Victorian era, had collaborated with Sullivan, then the country’s m ost promising young composer, on a comic opera called ‘ Thespis’. Though it was not a success. Carte saw the germ of a potentially fertile association in the work and was determined to bring the two together. While both Gilbert and Sullivan were successful individually, their major successes were in the field of comic operetta, where the synergy of Gilbert’s lyrics allied to Sullivan’s melodies created a canon of 14 worlds, which satirised the national characters of Victorian England. Even in the twenty-first century the popularity of the Savoy opera’s show little sign of diminishing, international filmmaker Mike Leigh’s very popular movie ‘Topsy Turvy’ looked at the creative process of Gilbert and Sullivan, capturing the workaholic Gilbert, writing, designing, directing and the lazy Sullivan with his Mozatian facility for completing operetta scores at the last minute. In this perform ance of Mr. Gilbert m eets Mr. Sullivan we hope to capture the magical chemistry of these two great Savoyards and interpolate som e of the m any musical gem s from their operettas. NMcD
R&R Chorus Members for this Production Sopranos
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Ann Gorman Clara Dalton Edel Giblin Edith Lynch Fidelma Allen Jean Humphries Julienne Paye MIchaela Herron Michelle Foynes Sharon Coffey Suzanna Gilmore
Ciara McDonald Eileen Gildea Gail McGrath Imelda Bradley Jennifer Murphy Lorraine Frewen Roisin Clancy Roisin Cooper Sally Young Susan Lyons
Eamon Murphy Eddie Corry Gary Plowman John FitzGerald Liam Carroll Paschal Walsh Patrick Hewlett Peter Lewis Shay Gibson Tynan Hooper
Barney Gorman Brendan Galvin Darren Johnson Mark Delaney Michael Feighery Noel Byrne Robbie Keogh Robert Devereux
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Ninety Years of Musical Magic! Introduction: It all started in 1913 at a meeting held in 48 Summerville Park, Rathmines Dublin. C. P. Fitzgerald, who was the young organist at that time in Rathgar's Church of the Three Patrons, wanted to establish a musical society whose m em bership would be formed from residents of the Dublin townships of Rathmines and Rathgar. Original Objectives of the R&R: The objectives of the proposed musical society were the study of, and production of, operatic, choral and other highclass musical works. Motwithstanding the passing of the years and even into the 21 st century, the society remains faithful to its original objective. Operational Ethos of the R&R: While the production team , orchestra and technical crews including lighting and set design - for each of the society's productions is provided by experienced theatrical professionals, the chorus m em bers and principal line-up that appear on stage remains amateur. This ethos is guarded by the society's voluntary Executive Committee that is m ade-up of representatives of all the elem ents of the society's interest groups, associate m em bers and corporate supporters.
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THE RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY
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Lemer and Loewe’s
This ever-popular show will play in Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre at 8pm First performed in Dublin by the R&R in 1969.
From Tuesday, 23rd March to Saturday, 3rd April 2004 (2.30pm Matinee Saturday 27th March &Saturday 3rd April)
Director: Noel McDonough
T icke t Prices Evening Performances: € 1 4 to € 3 0 Matinee Performances: € 1 4 to € 2 0
Musical Director: Gearoid Grant Chorus Director: Jackie Curran-Olohan Choreographer: Marina Kealy
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