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13/10/07
Brough Methodist Church
15/11/07
Holy Crosss, Carrington Avenue, Cottingham
01/12/07
Derringham Bank Methodist Church, Willerby Road, Hull
08/12/07
The Rowans, Kirkella
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Welcome to Hull Savoyards
This website is for anyone interested in finding out more information about Hull Savoyards, it is for guests, members and anyone with a slight interest in amateur operatic societies.
Within these pages you will find out who we are, what we do, why we do it and how you can get involved. You can use the site to find out when and where we are performing next so if you have access to the internet, you have no excuse!! |
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Hull Savoyards and ‘The Gondoliers’
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The Hull Savoyards still continue raising funds for various charities after 74 years. The latest production will be Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Gondoliers’ at The Middleton Hall, Cottingham Road Hull on 11th to 13th June 2008 and The Floral Hall Hornsea on 14th June 2008. An edited version of the operetta will be performed at HMP Everthorpe on 21st May 2008 following the Society’s previous two years of success at the prison.
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Posted on Wednesday, May 14 @ 21:23:14 BST
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Production 2008 : The Gondoliers
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The Gondoliers or The King of Barataria was Gilbert & Sullivan's twelfth successful collaboration and is full of all the things for which they are famous: comic characters, impossible plot twists, light but pointed social comment, witty dialogue and lyrics, and irresistibly singable music.
When Gilbert was preparing The Gondoliers he was so annoyed by the complaints of company members that they did not have big enough parts, and so angry at one principal in particular who demanded a higher salary for her contributions to the success of the operas, that he declared, "I'll write an opera in which there will be no principal parts!". In fact he wrote an opera in which the principal parts were nearly equal, in length and memorability. It seems appropriate, then, that the main theme of the piece is equality. Marco and Giuseppe hope to operate a monarchy on republican principals, so "all shall equal be." But this plan fails. In the world of Gilbert and Sullivan, success went to those who recognised and abided by the "natural" hierarchy of classes. To treat everyone equally was a comic idea for Gilbert; as Don Alhambra points out, "When everybody is somebody, then no one's anybody." In the end, monarchy, and therefore order and balance, are restored.
The Gondoliers premiered at the Savoy Theatre on the 7th December, 1889, and ran for 554 performances, closing on June 20, 1891. Now 119 years after its premier this operetta is to be performed by the Hull Savoyards.
Marco and Giuseppe Palmieri, the most favored of all the gondoliers, choose Gianetta and Tessa to be their brides. While celebrating their marriages, Marco and Giuseppe are informed that one of them is really the King of Barataria - but it is not known which. Gianetta and Tessa are delighted with the idea of one of them being Queen. However, all are cast into despair when it is revealed that the King was married (in babyhood) to someone else!
The production from the Hull Savoyards follows the recent successes of The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance. All performances commence at 7.30 pm at both the Middleton hall and The Floral Hall as follows;
• The Middleton Hall, Cottingham Road, Hull from 11th June 2008 to 13th June 2008. Tickets available from Hull City Box Office Tel No 01482 226655 or at the door.
• The Floral Hall, Hornsea on 14th June 2008. Tickets are available from The Vernon Gallery,136-138 Newbegin, Hornsea. Tel:01964 532986
Admission is £8.00 for adults and concessions are £6.00
The show is full of wonderful music, colorful costumes, colorful stage sets and accompanied by the Kingston Savoy Orchestra.
In addition to the annual production the Society perform several concerts for charity throughout the year and immediately following this year’s production we will be at the North Cave gala on 21st June 2008 and the Irish Community Daisy Appeal on 22nd June 2008. We have performed at retirement dinner functions, funerals and in prison. We are now in the process of taking live music into schools and had an extremely successful morning recently at Market Weighton. One aim of the Society is to keep the theatre and live music active in the community.
If anyone requires further information please contact the Society on 01482 876918 or email the secretary@hullsavoyards.co.uk
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Posted on Sunday, November 11 @ 22:18:12 GMT
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