Arthur Sullivan

May 22, 2015 7:30pm
May 24, 2015 3pm
Huntington Avenue Theatre

THE ZOO

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan

Libretto by Bolton Rowe (B.C. Stephenson)

BOSTON PREMIERE

This “musical folly” by famed composer Arthur Sullivan, in collaboration with librettist B.C. Stephenson, displays all the vivacity and agility of the golden age of British comic opera. Two pairs of lovers overcome obstacles to their affections, aided and abetted by running commentary from a chorus of Ladies and Gentlemen of the British Public. 

Performed on a double bill with Walton’s The Bear.

Daniel Shirley
ÆSCULAPIUS CARBOY, A CHEMIST IN LOVE WITH LÆTITIA

Chelsea Beatty
LÆTITIA, LOVED BY CARBOY

Colin Levin
THOMAS BROWN—BUT REALLY—THE DUKE OF ISLINGTON, A NOBLEMAN DISGUISED, IN SEARCH OF VIRTUE WHICH HE FINDS IN ELIZA

Sadie Gregg
ELIZA SMITH, A PERFECTLY VIRTUOUS AND HIGHLY PRINCIPLED YOUNG LADY, IN CHARGE OF THE REFRESHMENT STALL

Simon Dyer
MR. GRINDER, LÆTITIA’S FATHER, A RETIRED GROCER STALL

Lynn Torgove
Stage Director

James Blachly
Conductor

Photos and video by Kathy Wittman / Ball Square Films.

• Reviews for The Zoo and The Bear
  by Odyssey Opera
  May 24, 2015
  “robust performances” Odyssey stages British ‘folly’ and ‘extravaganza’ The Boston…
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  Program Notes: The Zoo and The Bear
  by Odyssey Opera
  May 20, 2015
  Introduction Opera has a long history in England, with roots…