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August 10, 2021
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In the final days of the spring semester, the 91¿ì»îÁÖ Aquinas College California Choir and Orchestra performed Gilbert and Sullivan™s 1882 comedic opera, Iolanthe, before a full house in St. Cecilia Hall. Under the direction of Dan Grimm (™76), the production was part of the 2020-21 St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series, endowed by Barbara and Paul Henkels.

The player below contains both video of the performance as well as a photographic slideshow, followed by a list of the cast members and orchestra.

Slideshow: Iolanthe
  • The orchestra for Iolanthe
  • Five fairies dance in a sheepfield
  • The Fairy Queen addresses the fairies in the sheepfield
  • A young man, presumably Strephon, talk with his mother, a fairy
  • Strephon and Phyllis profess their love for one another
  • Further discussion between the lovers
  • The eminent Peers, in re capes, gold crowns, and high stockings
  • Four of the Peers expound
  • Eight of the peers in enthusiastic chorus
  • The Lord Chancellor makes his appearance, in wig and Court robes
  • The Lord Chancellor expounds his case
  • The Peers attempt to woo Phyllis, without success
  • The Peers, surrounding Phyllis
  • The fairies fall in love with the Peers while the Fairy Queen looks on in dismay
  • Strephon sings unhappily, surrounded by the fairies and the Fairy Queen
  • The fairies and the peers at London. Big Ben forms a centerpiece in the background
  • The Lord Chancellor, in his nightclothes, lies onstage and sings of his plight
  • The Fairy Queen holds court with Iolanthe, sword in hand
  • The fairies, accompanied by the Peers whom they love, beg the Queen to have mercy on Iolanthe
  • With the fairies united with their Peers, Iolanthe returns to the Chancellor
  • Iolanthe takes center stage
  • The Chancellor and Iolanthe sing a duet
  • All the characters, variously married off, in the finale
  • Hand in hand, the cast takes a bow
  • Another shot of the finale
  • Closeup of the Chancellor and his fairy wife in the finale
Cast
Strephon Stephen Cyr (™21)
Phyllis Renata Zepeda (™21)
Fleta Genevieve Urban (™22)
Leila Esther Ruehle (™22)
Celia Susana Sedler (™24)
The Fair Queen Marya Garneau (™21)
Lord Mt. Ararat Michael Grumbine (™21)
Iolanthe Michaela Lessard (™23)
Private Willis Gregory Baer (™24)
The Lord Chancellor Peter Lucas (™22)
Lord Tolloller Michael Scriber (™21)
Chorus of Fairies Allana Donnelly, Josephine Youngblood
Chorus of Peers John Greene, John Kelley, Paul Lessard, Joshua Moore, Joseph O™Hara
 
Orchestra
Violin  I Christopher Atwood (™24), Matthew Loew, Christine Snipes
Violin II Anna Asper (™21), Ann Bulcher
Viola Joseph Teichert
Cello Georgia Snethun (™23)
Bass Carla Capolupo
Flute Sophia Cummings (™23)
Clarinet Kellan Loew
Bassoon Cavit Monezis
Trumpet Garin Ballard (™21), Michael Bishop (™23), Claire Dempsey (™21) 
Horn Lisa McCormick
Percussion Luke Hernandez (™23), Andrew Garcia (™22)
Piano & Keyboard Justin Fox (™21), Ambrose Terneus (™24)