G&S Events
Upcoming NEGASS Events
February 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm - The Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society, New England Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Amherst Ballet, and Valley Light Opera will be premiering a video of the 2015 performance by Amherst Ballet and Valley Light Opera of Pineapple Poll.
Pineapple Poll is a comic ballet based on the music by Sullivan and a story written by Gilbert. It is choreographed by John Cranko with orchestration by Sir Charles Mackerras.
Be sure to join us on Feb 27th You will hear to some of your favorite G&S music and watch it come to life in a whole new way! Click: Link to Facebook Event. To attend the event directly, click https://youtu.be/4sDFn_xIgjU to go to the Pineapple Poll video premier page on the CG&SS YouTube channel.
March 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm - NEGASS Board member Dr. John E. Dreslin will present an illustrated talk entitled "Darwinian Woman: The Evolution of Princess Ida". He will discuss the original 1850 poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson The Princess: A Medley, and how W. S. Gilbert subsequently adapted it, first in his 1869 play The Princess and later in 1883 as an opera libretto Princess Ida, to be set to music by Arthur Sullivan.
Pineapple Poll is a comic ballet based on the music by Sullivan and a story written by Gilbert. It is choreographed by John Cranko with orchestration by Sir Charles Mackerras.
Be sure to join us on Feb 27th You will hear to some of your favorite G&S music and watch it come to life in a whole new way! Click: Link to Facebook Event. To attend the event directly, click https://youtu.be/4sDFn_xIgjU to go to the Pineapple Poll video premier page on the CG&SS YouTube channel.
March 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm - NEGASS Board member Dr. John E. Dreslin will present an illustrated talk entitled "Darwinian Woman: The Evolution of Princess Ida". He will discuss the original 1850 poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson The Princess: A Medley, and how W. S. Gilbert subsequently adapted it, first in his 1869 play The Princess and later in 1883 as an opera libretto Princess Ida, to be set to music by Arthur Sullivan.
Upcoming G&S Events in New England
October 2021 - Ruddigore with Connecticut Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Middlefield, CT
November 2021 - The Pirates of Penzance with Valley Light Opera, Northampton, MA
February 2022 - The Grand Duke with Sudbury Savoyards, Sudbury, MA
TBD - The Gondoliers with Troupers Light Opera, Norwalk, CT
Recent NEGASS Events
February 6, 2021 at 7:00 pm - NEGASS and G&S Society of Maine hosted a Trivia Night with the focus on the works of Sir Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert.
January 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm - Watch party of the 1939 version of The Mikado, with historical notes and discussion led by Dr. John E. Dreslin. Link coming soon
December 12, 2020 at 7:00 pm - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - A Victorian Christmas Celebration, presented by Tom Dawkins. See the video here.
November 21, 2020 - Viewing part of A Day at the Savoy, featuring Mr. Jericho, presented by Ralph McPhail, Jr. of Gilbert and Sullivan Austin (GSA)
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.
January 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm - Watch party of the 1939 version of The Mikado, with historical notes and discussion led by Dr. John E. Dreslin. Link coming soon
December 12, 2020 at 7:00 pm - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - A Victorian Christmas Celebration, presented by Tom Dawkins. See the video here.
November 21, 2020 - Viewing part of A Day at the Savoy, featuring Mr. Jericho, presented by Ralph McPhail, Jr. of Gilbert and Sullivan Austin (GSA)
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.
