The National G&S Opera Company Big Box Set 2
By popular demand - here it is, the BIG BOX SET 2! A refreshed take on our immensely popular BIG BOX SET (1) - this new offering features an entirely new collection of some of the most popular productions produced by the National G&S Opera Company.
All productions feature the inimitable National Festival Orchestra, led by Sally Robinson.
Pirates of Penzance - 2014
Director // JOHN SAVOURNIN
Musical Director & Conductor // DAVID STEADMAN
Major-General Stanley // RICHARD GAUNTLETT, The Pirate King // JOHN SAVOURNIN, Samuel (his Lieutenant) // MATTHEW KELLETT, Frederic (the Pirate Apprentice) // NICK ALLEN, Sergeant of Police // BRUCE GRAHAM, Mabel (General Stanley's daughter) // ELINOR MORAN, Edith (General Stanley's daughter) // CAITLIN BURKE, Kate (General Stanley's daughter) // NICHOLA JOLLEY, Isabel (General Stanley's daughter) // RUTH BETTERIDGE, Ruth (a Piratical Maid of all work) // SYLVIA CLARKE
The Mikado – 2012
Director // SIMON BUTTERISS
Musical Director & Conductor // TIMTHY HENTY
The Mikado of Japan // SIMON MASTERTON-SMITH, Nanki-Poo (His Son, disguised as a wandering minstrel) // OLIVER WHITE, Ko-Ko (The Lord High Executioner of Titipu) // SIMON BUTTERISS, Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) // BRUCE GRAHAM, Pish-Tush (A Noble Lord) // IAN BELSEY, Go-To (A Noble Lord) // ALISTAIR MCCALL, Yum-Yum (A Ward of Ko-Ko, also engaged to Ko-Ko) // ANNETTE WARDELL, Pitti-Sing (A Ward of Ko-Ko) // ANGELA SIMKIN, Peep-Bo (A Ward of Ko-Ko) // SORAYA MAFI, Katisha (An Elderly lady, in love with Nanki-Poo) // SYLVIA CLARKE
Princess Ida – 2013
Director // SIMON BUTTERISS
Musical Director & Conductor // DAVID STEADMAN
King Hildebrand // STUART PENDRED, Hilarion // OLIVER WHITE, Cyril// JEREMY FINCH, Florian // HENRY MANNING, King Gama // SIMON BUTTERISS, Arac // BRUCE GRAHAM, Guron // ALASTAIR MCCALL, Scynthius // MILES HORNER, Princess Ida // ABIGALE IVESON, Lady Blanche // FRANCES MCCAFFERTY, Lady Psyche // VICTORIA BYRON, Melissa // CHARLOTTE BAPTIE, Sacharissa // REBECCA MOON, Chloe // TAMMY DAVIES, Ada // LESLEY COX
The Sorcerer – 2016
Director // DONALD MAXWELL
Musical Director & Conductor // JAMES HENDRY
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre // MARTIN LAMB, Alexis // NICK SALES, Dr Daly // BRUCE GRAHAM, Notary // MATTHEW KELLET, John Wellington Wells // RICHARD GAUNTLETT, Lady Sangazure // FIONA MACKAY, Aline // JANE HARRINGTON, Mrs Partlet // PAULINE BIRCHALL, Constance // REBECCA BOTTONE
HMS Pinafore 2012
Director // Cav. VIVIAN COATES
Musical Director & Conductor // TIMOTHY HENTY
Sir Joseph Porter // SIMON BUTTERISS, Captain Corcoran // IAN BELSEY, Ralph Rackstraw // OLIVER WHITE, Dick Deadeye // PHILIP COX, Bill Bobstay // ALASTAIR MCCALL, Bob Becket // CURTIS DABEK, Josepine // CHARLOTTE PAGE, Hebe // ANGELA SIMKIN, Mrs Cripps // SYLVIA CLARKE
Patience – 2015
Director // DONALD MAXWELL
Musical Director & Conductor // DAVID STEADMAN
Colonel Calverley // STEPHEN PAGE, Major Mrgatroyd // MATTHEW KELLETT, Liet. The Duke of Dunstable // NICK SALES, Reginal Bunthorne // RICHARD GAUNTLETT, Archibald Grosvenor // JAMES CLEVERTON, Mr Bunthorne's Solicitor // DONALD MAXWELL, Lady Angela // ANGELA SIMKIN, Lady Saphir // NICHOLA JOLLEY, Lady Ella // ELINOR JANE MORAN, Lady Jane // SYLVIA CLARKE, Patience // REBECCA BOTTONE
Haddon Hall – 2018
Director // SARAH HELSBY HUGHES
Musical Director & Conductor // ANDREW NICKLIN
John Manners // NICK SALES, Sir George Vernon // DONALD MAXWELL, Oswald // DAVID MENEZES, Rupert Vernon // RICHARD SUART, The Mccrankie // BRUCE GRAHAM, Sing-Song Simeon // BOBBY GREATOREX, Nicodemus Knock-Knee // MIKE NASH, Barnabas // MAX TAYLOR, Dorothy Vernon // RACHEL HARLAND, Lady Vernon // CATHERINE MARRIOTT, Dorcas // BEE BRADLEY, Nance // JOANNE ROBINSON, Gertrude // VALERIE GREEN, Deborah // ALEXANDRA MATHER
The G&S Proms - 2003
Musical Director & Conductor // ANDREW NICKLIN
THE NATIONAL FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, Singers HELEN BEECHINOR and MICHAEL RAYNER
The Gondoliers – 2004
Director // ALAN SPENCER
Musical Direcot & Conductor // JOHN OWEN EDWARDS
The Duke of Plaza Toro // Richard Suart, Luiz // SIMON BUTTERISS, Don Alhambra del Bolero // DONALD MAXWELL, Marco Palmieri // Oliver White, Giuseppe Palmieri // JAMES CLEVERTON, Antonio // ANDREW JARVIS, The Duchess of Plaza Toro // DEBORAH HAWKSLEY, Casilda // CHARLOTTE PAGE, Gianetta // ANTHEA KEMPSTON, Tessa // HELEN BEECHINOR, Fiametta // KATIE HAINES, Vittoria // KATHY TAYLOR JONES, Giulia // RACHEL HARLAND, Inez // KATHY TAYLOR JONES
Ruddigore – 2011
Director // JEFF CLARKE
Musical Director & Conductor // JOHN OWEN EDWARDS
Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd // RICHARD GAUNTLETT, Richard Dauntless // OLIVER WHITE, Sir Despard Murgatroyd // PHILIP COX, Old Adam Goodheart // SIMON MASTERTON-SMITH, Rose Maybud // CHARLOTTE PAGE, Mad Margaret // VICTORIA BYRON, Dame Hannah // JILL PERT, Zorah // NATALIE SINNOTT, Ruth // DENISE SILVEY, Sir Roderic Murgatroyd // DONALD MAXWELL
The Yeomen of the Guard – 2006
Director // ANDREW NICKLIN
Musical Director & Conductor// JOHN OWEN EDWARDS
Sir Richard Cholmondeley // JAMES CLEVERTON, Colone Fairfax // OLIVER WHITE, Sergeant Meryll // BRUCE GRAHAM, Leonard Meryll // SIMON PONTIN, Jack Point // SIMON BUTTERISS, Wilfred Shadbot // DONALD MAXWELL, The Headsman // HENRY REED, First Yeoman // IESTYN MORRIS, Second Yeoman // JOHN SAVOURNIN, Third Yeoman // GERRY BREMMER, Fourth Yeoman // LAURENCE COLE, First Citizen // TREVOR CONNER, Second Citizen // GORDON ADAMS, Elsie Maynard // CHARLOTTE PAGE, Phoebe Meryll // VICTORIA BYRON, Dame Carruthers // JILL PERT, Kate // REBECCA GRESSON
Iolanthe - 2010
Director // ALAN SPENCER
Musical Director & Conductor // RICHARD BALCOMB
The Lord Chancelor // RICHARD SUART, Earl of Mountararat // PHILIP BLAKE-JONES, Earl Tolloller // BARRY CLARK, Private Willis // SIMON MASTERSON-SMITH, Strephon // GILES DAVIES, Queen of the Faries // JILL PERT, Iolanthe // LOUISE CRANE, Celia // NICOLA STONEHOUSE, Leila // ROSIE BELL, Fleta // BRIDGET HARDY, Phyllis // REBECCA KNIGHT