The Society's Career Grants, for vocalists 35 years of age and younger, drew nine finalists from around the country to compete for over $5,000 in total prize money. The finals, livestreamed from Houston, had singers performing Gilbert and Sullivan numbers as well as opera arias and musical theater selections.
Get into the holiday spirit with a free virtual concert of traditional English Christmas carols by our own Savoyard Singers! Enjoy classic standards as well as holiday compositions by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
The Society is proud to present a virtual performance of Sir Arthur Sullivan’s Cox and Box, a one-act, three person comic opera. Never before performed by the Society, it stars Society favorites Dennis Arrowsmith, Josh LaForce, and Sarah Lee.
Cox and Box is a one-act, three person comic opera with a libretto by Sir F. C. Burnand and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. The story revolves around an unscrupulous landlord with a scheme to get double rent from a single room. By day he lets it to Mr. Box (a printer who is out all night) and by night to Mr. Cox (a hatter who works all day). When one of them has the day off, they meet each other and chaos reigns!
Download our Cox & Box bingo cards and spot the props. Up to six people can play!
In this half hour program, you'll enjoy G&S selections from Princess Ida, Yeomen of the Guard, and Iolanthe, as well as songs by Rossini, Barber, and more.
We're pleased to present our 1998 performance of The Yeomen of the Guard, filmed in England at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival.
Our 1998 performance took the Internaional G&S Festival by storm. Not only did this standing-room-only event receive award nominations for Best Female Performer, Best Chorus, and Best Female Voice, it was honored with awards for Best Musical Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Professional Director, as well as Runner-Up, Best of Festival! The adjudicator called it "truly a wonderful performance of Yeomen, with all its pathos, with all its beauty, with all its humor."
The playlist embedded above contains four videos, starting with an introduction from Neil Smith, director of the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, followed by the two acts of the performance, and finishing with a special recording of a post-show caberet performance by members of the Society. You may skip to any video using the playliust controls in the upper right.