Gilbert & Sullivan – The Yeomen of the Guard

Sir Arthur Sullivan
The Yeomen of the Guard

Leigh Melrose baritone (Lt Sir Richard Cholmondeley)
Andrew Kennedy tenor (Colonel Fairfax)
Lisa Milne soprano (Elsie Maynard)
Victoria Simmonds mezzo-soprano (Phoebe Meryll)
Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano (Dame Carruthers)
Mary Bevan soprano (Kate)
Mark Richardson bass-baritone (Sergeant Meryll)
Tom Randle tenor (Leonard Meryll)
Mark Stone baritone (Jack Point)
Toby Stafford-Allen baritone (Wilfred Shadbolt)

BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Jane Glover, Conductor

Martin Duncan, Stage Director

Recent Proms seasons have seen a liberal sprinkling of complete Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, under such distinguished conductors as Jane Glover and the late Charles Mackerras. With its historic London setting, the grandest, most emotionally engaging of the Savoy operas is a must for 2012.

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