PATIENCE-- THE SOLDIERS OF OUR QUEEN

The University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society produced Patience in 1987, with not only a really talented cast, but also scenic production and stage direction that was top-notch. This is not always possible in a volunteer program, or in professional productions as well. Although consumer video quality was not high at this time, and the audio connection was problematic, what remains gives an impression of what can often be the best show in the G&S icon.

In Act 1, the Dragoons enter the village expecting adulation by the young maidens, who have since been infatuated by an aesthetic poet--Bunthorne. The Colonel (Thomas Petiet) relates the many qualities of the dragoon. The soldiers' choreography by Peggy Benson is inspired, and required considerable rehearsal. For more comic operas and operettas, visit comicoperaguild.org

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Music

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• PATIENCE
• GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
• UMGASS
• THE SOLDIERS OF OUR QUEEN
• THOMAS PETIET
• OPERETTA

[ybravura]

I have watched all the available videos here of this chorus, and despite the primitive sound and picture, it's obvious that the performance by your group is the finest. A lot of rehearsal must've gone into it !