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pany opens its twenty-fifth season as a musical and operatic organization. ^^ It is proper on this anniversary that we briefly review our past history—andf tell our plans for the future.

P - . . . ^^ During its first few years our organization consisted of a small group J? of people who presented comedy acts and short plays containing songs. The ^p first light opera production was attempted in 1929 when The Bells of ^

Capristrano was presented. ^C . . '• 4.

In those days each show was quickly organized and the participants ^^ disbanded after each production. The company was not organized on a ^

permanent basis until 1947 when it became a non-profit Membership Cor- 4^ poration operating in accordance with New York State law. Now each Jf show is part of a continuing program to present more and better entertain- J^ ment in the field of light opera. All proceeds from our productions are

used to further Light Opera in Schenectady. ^

b ̂? Recently the old Craig School on Ballston Road was purchased, parti- ^^ ally renovated, and renamed "The Light Opera Workshop." Many activi-^ ties of our company are now carried on there. However, this building is ^^ not adequate for all of our operations, and one of our long range plans is to 4f build a full size practice stage that will make it possible to prepare allf phases of a light opera production under one roof. This will enable us to ^k increase the scope of our activities. ^i ̂f We are grateful to you for the support you lend by attending our J^ performances. You can give additional support by telling your friends^ about our company and encouraging them to attend our productions. ^

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The StoryFor having married a mortal and thus oflfended all fairy laws, lolanthe has been

banished to the bottom of a stream. When the opera opens, lolanthe's fairy sisters havesucceeded in persuading the Fairy Queen to pardon her and give her back to them.

They learn that lolanthe has a son, Strephon, now a young man of twenty-four andan Arcadian Shepherd. He is in love with Phyllis, a ward of chancery. They wish tomarry but the Lord Chancellor has denied his consent. However, they plan to be marriedwithout it.

The House of Peers enters and the Lord Chancellor follows lamenting the fact thathe has to give "agreeable girls away," always to somebody else, and "never a one for himself." Phyllis is summoned before the Peers and they all fall in love with her. She refusestheir advances and admits that her heart is given. Strephon appears to claim her hand,and the Lords, horror stricken, depart. Strephon and Phyllis are parted by the LordChancellor and Strephon goes to lolanthe to unburden his woes. The Lords and Phylliscome upon Strephon and lolanthe together and the Peers jeer at Strephon for saying thatlolanthe is his mother. Phyllis turns from Strephon to the Peers. The fairies seek to aidStrephon by threatening to send him into Parliament to upset all their time-honoredprerogatives.

^ As the second act opens. Private Willis is seen in the Palace Yard singing of theoddities of politics. The fairies enter happy with the success of their plan to send Strephoninto Parliament. And, they have all fallen in love with the Peers, for which the Queenchides them. Phyllis, who has fallen in love with two noblemen, cannot make up her mindwhich one to choose. And to add to the complexity of the situation, the Lord Chancellorhas fallen in love with her and decides to grant his own application for the hand of hisown ward.

lolanthe reveals that she is the wife of the Lord Chancellor after Phyllis and Strephonfind that they cannot live without each other and plead to lolanthe for help. The Queenis about to kill lolanthe when the fairies confess that they, too, have all married mortals—the Peers. As she cannot kill them all. The Queen decides to change Ae fairy law andti^nsform the mortals into fairies. She takes Private Willis, and all the mortals fly awaywith the fairies to fairyland.

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C MUSICAL NUMBERS — ACT 1 }f ̂^ OVERTURE J^ 1. "Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither" J Chorus of Fairies, Celia, LeilaL) 2. "Invocation" lolanthe, Queen, Celia, Leila^ 3. "Good Morrow, Good Mother" Strephon, Chorus of Fairiess 4. "Fare Thee Well" .Queen, Chorus of Fairies yV 4a. "Good Morrow, Good Lover" Phyllis, Strephon y

p 5. "None Shall Part Us From Each Other" Phyllis, Strephon^ 6. "Entrance and March of Peers" ^-Chorus of Peers ^p' 7. "The Law is the True Embodiment" Lord Chancellor, Chorus oft Peers ^p 8. "My Well Loved Lord and Guardian Dear" Phyllis, Earl of Tolloller, Earl^ of Mountararat, Chorus of Peers ^f 9. "Nay, Tempt Mc Not" Phyllis, Chorus of PeersLi 10. "Spurn Not The Nobly Born" Earl of Tolloller, Chorus ofT" Peers lL 11. "My Lords It May Not Be" Phyllis, Earl of Tolloller, Earl of ^y Mountararat, Strephon, Lord '<^ . Chancellor, Chorus of Peers iS^ 12. "When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man" Lord Chancellor ^L 13. "When Darkly Looms The Day" FINALE ^

p MUSICAL NUMBERS — ACT II iL - . . ^f 14. "When All Night Long A Chap Remains" Private Willis |L 15. "Strephon's a Member of Parliament" Chorus of Fairies, Chorus of gf Peers ^L 16. "When Britain Really Ruled the Waves" Earl of Mountararat, Chorus of wr Fairies, Chorus of Peers '<L 17. "In Vain To Us You Plead" Leila, Celia, Earl of Tolloller, "K Earl of Mountararat, Chorus ofL Fairies, Chorus of Peers. ^^ 18. "Oh, Foolish Fay" Queen, Chorus of Fairies jn 19. "Though, P'raps I May Incur Your Blame" Phyllis, Earl of Tolloller, Earl ^r of Mountararat, Private Willis

« 20. "Love Requited, Robs Mc of My Rest" Lord ChancellorV 21. "He Who Shies At Such A Prize" Earl of Tolloller, Earl of aS Mountararat, Lord Chancellor ^^ 22. "If We're Weak Enough To Tarry" Phyllis, Strephon ^^ 23. "My Lord, A Suppliant At Your Feet" lolanthe^ 24. "It May Not Be" lolanthe, Queen, Lord Chan- J

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"lOLANTHE"Written by W. S. Gilbert Composed by Arthur Sullivan

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LORD CHANCELLOR Richard B. Babbitt

EARL OF MONTARARAT Dana KingEARL OF TOLLOLLER Theodore C. MadisonPRIVATE WILLIS (Of the Grenadier Guards) Irving AmronSTREPHON (An Arcadian Shepherd) Harold T. EidelbusTHE FAIRY QUEEN Virginia SteedlOLANTHE (A Fairy, Strephon's Mother) Cynthia BrooksCELIA ^ . . Shirley ButlerLELIA Fulvia Brun

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VIRGINIA STEED (The Fairy Queen) %Native of Winter Park, Florida . . . Graduate of the College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio ^where she won a one thousand dollar vocal scholarship . . . Has been active in radio andTV . . . Has been a dhurch soloist . . . First appearance with the Company. J

CYNTHIA BROOKS (Iolanthe) 1Well known to Company audiences . . . Last seen in "The Mikado" as Katisha ... «Does commercials over WRGB . . . Studies voice with Melva King. ^

DOROTHY KOENIG (Phyllis) . ^A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Curtis Institute of Music . . . Apiwared in 4-"Carmen" with the New York City Centre Opera and Connecticut Opera . . . Has done "oratorio work in New York and radio work. 4

SHIRLEY BUTLER (Celia) JGraduate of Pottsdam State Teachers College . . . Active in college drama and voicegroups . . . Last seen in "The Chocolate Soldier." ^

FULVIA BRUN (Lelia)^ ^Played the part of Katinka in "The Chocolate Soldier" . . . Is a member of the Company gB^let Workshop and also studied ballet under Phyllis Marmein . . . Now studying voice 'jwith Melva King. «

RICHARD BABBITT (Lord Chancellor) aThis his his seventh show with the Company . . . Church soloist . . . Meinber of the ^Cleff Dweller Quartet ... Is with the Malta Test Station at General Electric. j

DANA KING (Earl of Mountararat) ;An active member of the Company . . . Last appeared in "Chimes of Normandy^' ... «Appeared in shows in high school and college . . . Sings with a church choir. J

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^ Who's Who in the Company ♦ ♦ ♦ ]p ̂t> ROBERT COLLER (Producer and Director) ^P Graduate of Boston University College of Music . . . Member of Arundel Opera Company ^^ of Kenncbunk, Maine, summer of 1950 . . . Kccne Summer Theater, Kcenc, N. H. sum- Jp mcr of 1951 . . . Has appeared in many Gilbert and Sullivan operas . . . Sang the role of ^^ Ko-Ko in our own production of "The Mikado" . . . Was associate producer of "The ^f Chocolate Soldier" . . . Private voice teacher.

^ ELIZABETH COE (Associate Producer) ^>. Majored in Drama at Vassar College . . . Has appeared in several SLOC productions ... jp Last seen in "Wizard of the Nile" . . . Last spring "Peggie" attended Fred Waring's n^ Choral Workshop . . . Was vice president of the Company last year. JP BETTY ANN BROWN (Technical Director) \^ Is serving her third term as technical director for the Company. A native of Kansas ^P City, Missouri she came to Schenectady in 1942 . . . Until this fall she was head of the a

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^ EDWIN FINLEY (Stage Manager) ^p Was assistant stage manager of "The Chocolate Soldier" . . . Graduate of the University^ of Nebraska ... Is a chemist at General Electric. ^P STATI.A SUBLETTE (Dance Director)X Director of the Company Ballet Workshop . . . Ballet training with Ethel Sager Fabrey, S[' Phyllis Marmcin, Tudor and Craske of Metropolitan Opera Ballet at Jacobs Pillow ... J« Modern dance with Jose Limon and Myra Kinch . . . Coach in dramatic action for gP "Wizard of Nile," "Mikado," "Chocolate Soldier." Plays the role of FIcta. H

p DOROTHEA HILBERT (Dramatics Director) ^Formerly on the stafi" of WGY-WBFM . . . Taught speech and dramatics in Yonkcrs, N. Y. J

p' and New Haven, Conn. . . . Was three years wi?h the Morningside Players at ColumbiaV University . . . Has sung in and directed church choirs . . . For four years she was with ^pi the Washington Square Repertory Players.^ EUNICE WHITTLESEY (.Assistant Dramatics Director) ^P Worked with State College productions in Albany and New Hartford, N. Y. . . . Taught J" dramatics and speech in New Hartford . . . Was assistant dramatics director for "The wP Mikado." "

p FRED HERBERT (Choreographer)^ Has been associated with the Company thirteen years . . . Assistant to Irene Castle in ^p 1951, when she was guest artist at the Dance Masters' Convention in New York . .. ^^ Studied with Anton Dolan, Lola Montez and Tokin . . . Has his own studio. ^

P MELVA KING (Music Director) ^g With the Company since 1943 . . . Served as musical director for "Wizard of the Nile," gf "Chimes of Normandy" and "The Mikado" . . . Graduate of Westminster Choir College |L in New Jersey . . . She is a teacher of voice and piano ... Is minister of music and gp organist at Eastern Parkway Methodist Church. i

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I Historical Notes « * « ^p "lolanthe," or the "Peer and the Peri," first saw the Hght of day at the Savoy Theatre, n^ built by Richard D'Oyly Carte expressly for the Gilbert and Sullivan productions. The ,s first "lolanthe" was shown simultaneously to delighted London and New York audiences, Xt' November 25, 1882. |p The same secrecy was preserved during the rehearsing of "lolanthe" that had marked ^f its predecessors, and London was agog to find out what particular class of the commun- :w ity would become the victim of Gilbert's hujnor. The House of Lords was just then the ^y subject of bitter controversy. Peers were out of season and unpopular, at least with the 1

people. The Parliament Act had not even been drafted, and "down with the Lords" was ^p' the cry of the hour.fc) So Gilbert chose what at the time would be a popular theme. The peers should be ^r brought on the stage to speak for themselves, to try to persuade their critics that "high at rank involves no shame" and that even a Lord Chancellor is as susceptible to the tender (S^ passion as a denizen of the slums.t, Only a Gilbert would have dared tackle so delicate a subject without fear of giving J^ offence. The peers themselves went to see "lolanthe" and laughed with the rest of^ England. ^

Conspicuous in the audience at the premiere was the well-known form of Captain^ (afterward Sir Eyre Massey) Shaw, the renowned and popular Chief of the London Fire ^^ Brigade. To him the Fairy Queen, with arms outstrctcsed across the footlights appealed^ in the second verse of her song "O Foolish Fay!" ^p For the first time on any stage electric lamps ornamented the actors—each fairy had ^^ a fairy star in her hair and another at the point of her wand, and the novel effect was J^ greeted by round after round of applause.^ Seldom had any more brilliant spectacle been witnessed in a theatre than the Pro- ^

cession of Peers in their full regalia. When these "—peers of highest station. Paragons^ of legislation, Pillars of the British nation" entered, so thunderous was the applause that Ap encore after encore was forced.^ "lolanthe" has lost very little of its freshness, and its satire is as understandable today ^^ as it was when it was written sixty-nine years ago.

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