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Opera Options present
Trial by Jury
by Gilbert and Sullivan
with a first half of
Life, Love and Laughter
Fri 2nd – Sat 3rd August
Performance starts at 8pm; Gates open 6.30 pm
Ticket Price: Reserved Covered - £23
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A programme of popular items from HMS Pinafore, The Gondoliers, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance & Iolanthe. Also Grand Opera Favourites from Carmen, Madame Butterfly, La Traviata and La Boheme
The Concert concludes with a fully staged performance of Trial by Jury, which was the first real success of Gilbert and Sullivan's partnership. It is the most produced of all their works, contains no spoken word and has not a dull moment in it:
"A perfect gem, practically indestructible" quoted a critic of the time.
The performance will be accompanied by the regular Opera Options orchestral ensemble
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by Gilbert and Sullivan
Fri 9th August
Performance starts at 8pm; Gates open 6.30 pm
Ticket Price: Reserved Covered - £20
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In 2011 Illyria raised the bar for the major UK open-air touring theatre companies by becoming the first and only one to add Opera to its regular season.
In the town of Titipu flirting has been made illegal. The penalty is death. Too bad then that the main culprit is the Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko, who wishes to marry his beautiful young ward Yum-Yum, and who has no intention of executing himself. So when Nanki-Pu arrives in Titipu and declares his love for Yum-Yum, Ko-ko has the perfect candidate for execution. Except that Yum-Yum, by tradition, would have to be executed with Nanki-Pu. And Nanki-Pu turns out to be the Mikado's own son. And the Mikado himself is about to arrive on a state visit to Titipu...
This wonderful comic opera, although set in Japan, is very much a parody of British politics, institutions and public life - and although written in the 19th century is surprisingly relevant in the 21st! It gets the complete Illyria treatment, faithfully performed by a reduced cast and accompanied by a Musical Director on keyboard
"Imagination and inventiveness were the hallmark of Illyria's top quality performance" Blackpool Gazette (2012)
"With any Gilbert and Sullivan production one of the key strengths lies in the delivery of those comic lines and the singers' diction and both were spot on." Nottingham Arts Blog (2012)
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The Box Office, The Festival Theatre at Hever Castle, Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent. TN8 7NG | Tel: 01732 866114 | theatre@heverfestival.co.uk
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