G&S Events
Upcoming NEGASS Events
November 21, 2020 (7:00 PM) - Viewing party of A Day at the Savoy Theatre, featuring Mr. Jericho
A Day at the Savoy Theatre is presented by NEGASS member Ralph MacPhail, Jr., Artistic Director of Gilbert & Sullivan Austin (GSA), illustrated with slides of historical images and interspersed with songs from the operettas that premiered at the Savoy. This is followed by Mr. Jericho, a charming one-act musical comedy that premiered at the Savoy in 1893 during Gilbert and Sullivan’s falling out over the “carpet quarrel.” Mr. Jericho (words by Harry Greenbank; music by Ernest Ford) was recently rescued from obscurity by musicologist Christopher O’Brian and GSA brought it to life just before the coronavirus pandemic. For more information, read the article by Ralph MacPhail, Jr.
Zoom link available closer to the date of the event.
December 2020 - Sullivan's Christmas music, presented by Tom Dawkins
A Day at the Savoy Theatre is presented by NEGASS member Ralph MacPhail, Jr., Artistic Director of Gilbert & Sullivan Austin (GSA), illustrated with slides of historical images and interspersed with songs from the operettas that premiered at the Savoy. This is followed by Mr. Jericho, a charming one-act musical comedy that premiered at the Savoy in 1893 during Gilbert and Sullivan’s falling out over the “carpet quarrel.” Mr. Jericho (words by Harry Greenbank; music by Ernest Ford) was recently rescued from obscurity by musicologist Christopher O’Brian and GSA brought it to life just before the coronavirus pandemic. For more information, read the article by Ralph MacPhail, Jr.
Zoom link available closer to the date of the event.
December 2020 - Sullivan's Christmas music, presented by Tom Dawkins
Upcoming G&S Events in New England
October 2021 - Ruddigore with Connecticut Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Middlefield, CT
February 2022 - The Grand Duke with Sudbury Savoyards, Sudbury, MA
November 2022 - The Pirates of Penzance with Valley Light Opera, Northampton, MA
TBD - The Gondoliers with Troupers Light Opera, Norwalk, CT
Recent NEGASS Events
October 17, 2020 - The Grand Duke presentation by local expert Tony Parkes. See the video here.
September 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM - The Bab Ballads: musical, spoken word and other interpretations of Gilbert's comic poems. See the video here.
August 15, 2020 at 7:00 PM - 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern': Gilbert's "burlesque" in three short tableaux, featuring some of Shakespeare's best known minor characters. Originally published in the periodical Fun in 1874, this frothy little piece was not performed in public until 1891, when it appeared as part of a charity benefit. See the video here.
July 26, 2020 -Sullivan's Hymns & Anthems: performances and interpretations of church music by Sullivan including a women's quartet, soloists, The Royal Street Recorder Consort & Chamber Singers and a "Driveway Choir" performance of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'. See the video here.
June 14, 2020 - Annual Meeting and Event via Zoom
May 9, 2020 - Zoom reading of Gilbert's play Tom Cobb. See the video here.
February 29, 2020 - Post-show birthday party for Frederic!
Cake and singing after the Sudbury Savoyards' production of HMS Pinafore
January 5, 2020 (3:00 PM) - Sing-through of The Pirates of Penzance
University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA
September 28, 2019 (2:00 PM) - Symposium on Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old
Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
See the video here.
September 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM - The Bab Ballads: musical, spoken word and other interpretations of Gilbert's comic poems. See the video here.
August 15, 2020 at 7:00 PM - 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern': Gilbert's "burlesque" in three short tableaux, featuring some of Shakespeare's best known minor characters. Originally published in the periodical Fun in 1874, this frothy little piece was not performed in public until 1891, when it appeared as part of a charity benefit. See the video here.
July 26, 2020 -Sullivan's Hymns & Anthems: performances and interpretations of church music by Sullivan including a women's quartet, soloists, The Royal Street Recorder Consort & Chamber Singers and a "Driveway Choir" performance of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'. See the video here.
June 14, 2020 - Annual Meeting and Event via Zoom
May 9, 2020 - Zoom reading of Gilbert's play Tom Cobb. See the video here.
February 29, 2020 - Post-show birthday party for Frederic!
Cake and singing after the Sudbury Savoyards' production of HMS Pinafore
January 5, 2020 (3:00 PM) - Sing-through of The Pirates of Penzance
University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA
September 28, 2019 (2:00 PM) - Symposium on Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old
Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
See the video here.
