The Grand Duke

or, The Statutory Duel

July 9th - 24th, 1999, at the Bagley Wright Theatre
for 8 performances
and
August 11th, 1999, at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in the Buxton, England

Stage Director: Hal Ryder 

Music Director: Alan Lund

Choreographer: Karen Omahen 

Scenic Design: Nathan Rodda 

Lighting Design: Roberta Russell 

Costume Design: Ron Erickson

Master Carpenter: Duncan Bayne

Sound Design: Patrick André 

Stage Manager: Tobin A. Maheras

Props Design: Marv Brown 

Assistant Music Director: Myrna Cordova

Orchestra Manager: Ellen Lund

Video Producer/Director: Skip Barttels

Producer: Mike Storie


Libretto

Story Synopsis, and detailed history of the work

Cast

LUDWIG         Garrett Brown
LISA    Edie Hoppin
ERNEST DUMMKOPF         Jon Palmason
DR. TANNHÄUSER  William J Darkow
JULIA JELLICOE     Christine Peters
GRAND DUKE RUDOLPH  David Ross
THE BARONESS VON KRAKENFELDT            Sharon Lone-Browder
THE PRINCE OF MONTE CARLO            Jeff Caldwell
THE PRINCESS OF MONTE CARLO        Jennifer Rae
THE HERALD           Nat Whitman
OLGA              Angie Barttels
GRETCHEN               Catie Wilson
BERTHA         Nina Tilander
ELSA   Lynda Sue Welch
MARTHA        Diane Driscoll
BEN HASHBAZ        Nathan Rodda
VISCOUNT MENTONE       William Hamer

SOPRANOS
Angie Barttels           Jennifer Whitman
Diane Driscoll            Catie Wilson
Nina Tilander           Kerri Wood Lynda Sue Welch

ALTOS
Lorna Chandler         Ann Palmason
Linda Hendrix           Laura Posey
Robin Michaels         Jennifer Rae Carol Lee Olsen

TENORS
Layne Benofsky         Nathan Rodda
David Martins            Gary Webberley
Glenn Nielsen           Jim Welch Philip Parham

BASSES
Wes Aman      William Hamer
Mike Andrew  Chris Peterson
Duncan Bayne           Robert West
Jeff Caldwell  Nat Whitman



Orchestra

VIOLINS

Ellen Lund, Concertmistress

Patrice Weed

Ethel Cays

Tracy Helming

Cherry May

Richard Langford III

Becca Gillette

Anne-Marie Mollenberndt

 

VIOLAS

Time Prior

Kathy Mollenberndt

 

CELLI

Norma Dermond

Douglas Nation

 

BASS

Don Monares

 

OBOE

Charles Bradley

BASSOON

Judy Stoeffel Loewen

FLUTES

Dane Anderson

Shiri Krasner-Rosenstein

CLARINETS

Max Baldonado

Steve Noffsinger

 

TRUMPETS

Gordon Ullman

Steve Binger

 

TROMBONES

Steve Richards

Bill Park

 

FRENCH HORNS

Jennifer Crowder

Anne Sherwood

 

PERCUSSION

Time Helming