Proms 2012 Prom 49: Gilbert & Sullivan – The Yeomen of the Guard - BBC Proms

19 Aug 2012, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sun 19 Aug 2012 Next Event

Prom 49: Gilbert & Sullivan – The Yeomen of the Guard

19:30 Sun 19 Aug 2012 Royal Albert Hall

Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard, one of the duo’s grandest Savoy operas, celebrates London in this Olympic year.

Programme

- - Arthur Sullivan
  - The Yeomen of the Guard(133 mins)semi-staged

Performers

Leigh Melrose
baritone (Lt Sir Richard Cholmondeley)
baritone (Lt Sir Richard Cholmondeley)
Andrew Kennedy
tenor (Colonel Fairfax)
tenor (Colonel Fairfax)
Lisa Milne
soprano (Elsie Maynard)
soprano (Elsie Maynard)
Victoria Simmonds
mezzo-soprano (Phoebe Meryll)
mezzo-soprano (Phoebe Meryll)
Dame Felicity Palmer
mezzo-soprano (Dame Carruthers)
mezzo-soprano (Dame Carruthers)
Mary Bevan
soprano (Kate)
soprano (Kate)
Mark Richardson
bass-baritone (Sergeant Meryll)
bass-baritone (Sergeant Meryll)
Tom Randle
tenor (Leonard Meryll)
tenor (Leonard Meryll)
Mark Stone
baritone (Jack Point)
baritone (Jack Point)
Toby Stafford-Allen
baritone (Wilfred Shadbolt)
baritone (Wilfred Shadbolt)
BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Jane Glover
conductor
conductor
Martin Duncan
stage director
stage director
Steve Elias
assistant director/choreographer
assistant director/choreographer

Composers

Arthur Sullivan

About this event

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.

There will be one interval

Discover the Music Download a short audio guide published on the day about a key work in tonight’s Prom: Andrew McGregor talks about Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard.