Kenneth Richardson Artistic Director
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE – MOZART [Sung in English]
Presented on Dec 2, 4, 6, 8 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Winter Season
Mark Nicholson – Tamino
Linda Kitchen – Pamina
Russell Smythe – Papageno
Jennifer Rhys-Davies – Queen
Jonathan Best – Sarastro
Lynne Davies / Thora Ker / Hyacinth Nicholls – Ladies
Owen Edward Brady / Alan Carroll / David Cregan / Anthony Doyle / Kevin Kelly / Paul Rea – Boys
Michael Neill – Speaker
Howard Haskin – Monostatos
Sally-Ann Shepherdson – Papagena
Brendan McBride / Paul Parfitt – Priests / Armed Men
David Parry – Conductor
John Ramster – Director
TOSCA – PUCCINI
Presented on Dec 3, 5, 7, 9 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Winter Season
Susan McCulloch – Tosca
Maurizio Saltarin – Cavaradossi
Sigmund Cowan – Scarpia
Michael Neill – Angelotti
Paul Parfitt – Sacristan
Brendan McBride – Spoletta
Proinnsias O’Raghallaigh – Sciarrone
Christopher Bell – Conductor
Mike Ashman – Director
An interesting artistic experiment took place when the society re-staged in the Gaiety Theatre two of Opera Northern Ireland’s productions, “Tosca” and “The Magic Flute” with mostly different casts. The Puccini work fared better musically.
(Extracted from “Love and Music: The Glorious History of the Dublin Grand Opera Society” by Gus Smith, 1998)
Before the season began, the DGOS Chorus took part in a concert performance of West Siode Story in association with RTE:
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