The Sault Opera Legacy

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Music by: Franz Lehar

Based upon the London version by Christopher Hassall

Book revisions by Milton Lazarus

New lyrics by Forman Brown

(Produced by Edwin Lester for The Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera Associations - 1961 Season)

Produced in arrangement with, and the music and dialogue material furnished by: Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 757 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

This production of "The Merry Widow" has been supported by the Province of Ontario through grants from: The Music Department of the Ontario Arts Council, and the Theatre Ontario Community Theatre Training Program (funded by the Ontario Arts Council)

Production Dates and Venue

Cast

Chorus

Orchestra

Production Staff

Production Assistants

Cast

Majordomo of the Marsovian Embassy	Dennis Johns
Nish, Messenger of the Marsovian Embassy	David Bumbaco
Popoff, Marsovian Ambassador to Paris	Wilfred Beauchamp
Natalie, his wife	Theresa Thibodeau
Chevalier St. Brioche	Jacques Chouinard
Vicomte Cascada	Stephen Rutti
Sylvaine (Madame Khadja)	Marla Pritchard
Olga (Madame Novikovitch)	Doris Chaumont
General Novikovitch, Marsovian Military Attaché	Ernest A. Peeling
Khadja, Marsovian Legal Counsellor	Herbert Johnson
Captain Pierre de Jolidon	Marcus Kramer
Sonia ("The Merry Widow")	Jo-Ann Morgan
Prince Danilo, Secretary to Popoff	Larry Whalen
GIRLS FROM "MAXIM'S"
Lolo	Barbara Johnston
Cloclo	Holly Frolick
Dodo	Allison Bernard
Margot	Bonita Collett
Joujou	Christine Lavallee
Froufrou	Vicky Wallenius
Michel, Mâitre d' of "Maxim's"	Rudy Becker
Zozo, Chanteuse at "Maxim's"	Judi Morgan

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Chorus

Guests, Lackeys, Housemaids, and Waiters:

Erika Dello, Jane Desing, Lynda Dionisi, Mara DiPasquale, Penelope Johnson, Debbie Lukenda, Rhonda Millikin, Karen Pomber, Anne Roberts, Mary Roberts, Paula Mari Shewchuk, Carol Trainor, Jane Wiskin

Len Byron, Michael Eldred, Michael Kimball, Algis Motiejunas, Ted McKinney, Henry Peeling, Keith Waldie

Stand-ins at Rehearsals:

Natalie - Erika Dello; Captain Pierre de Jolidon - Michael Kimball

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Orchestra

Conductor	Arno Ambel
Concertmaster	Mary Shrubsole Walton
Violin I	Mary Shrubsole Walton, Robert Moffat, Carol O'Neill
Violin II	Guy Traficante, Gizella Keppel-Jones, Marnie Kent
Viola	Sister Mary Sammon
Cello	Brenda McKinney, Michael Keppel-Jones, Thomas Fetter
Bass Viol	Hugh Stephen
Flute I	Kathy Myles
Flute II	Louise Griffith
Clarinet I	Michael Fuchs
Clarinet II	Cathy Bouchard
Oboe	Paula Culina
Bassoon	John Wilkinson
French Horn I	Audrey Moere
French Horn II	Dennis Barrousch
Trumpet I	Matthew Lintula
Trumpet II	Kevin McKinney
Organ	Jane Anstice
Percussion	Mark Hough
Rehearsal Pianists	Jane Anstice, Florence Joy Clement, Barbara Severin

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Production Staff

Producer	Herbert Johnson
Director	Arno Ambel
Choreographer	Trixie Hardy
Set Designer	David Antscherl
Costume Designer	Vilma Ambel
Lighting Designer	Rudy Becker
Stage Manager	Richard Jenkins
Lighting Booth	Geoff Clement
Properties	Ruby A. Corea
Set Movement	Philip Burfoot
Set Construction	David Antscherl
Make-Up	Lee-Ann Trbovich
Hairstyling	Marga Pelka
Box Office	Noreen and Cynthia Myers
House Manager	Penny Hanson
Hospitality	Barb Shewfelt
Publicity	Arno Ambel

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Production Assistants

Costumes	Doris Chaumont, Erika Dello, Esme Johnson, Barbara Johnston, Debbie Lukenda, Paula Mari Shewchuk, and other members of the cast (Ethnic designs for costumes in Act II supplied by Armilda Treialt)
Lighting Crew	Chris Clement, Claude Philion, Jim Shaw
Set Movement	Fred Frechette, Don Lonie, Sandro Nevicato, Christopher Shannon, Verdun Venn, Paul Willert
Properties	Sheila Mizzi
Make-Up	Cindy Burger, Sharon Miron, Heather Stadnisky, David Walsh
Set Construction	Rutger Becker, Philip Burfoot, Helen-Mary Carter, David Feltham, Fred Frechette, Christel Jaeger, Richard Jenkins, Herbert Johnson, Don Lonie, Sandro Nevicato, Benjamin Pritchard, Christopher Shannon, Paul Willert, and The John Howard Society
Front of House	Barbara Arnill, Mona Cowell, Letizia DiPasquale, Cathy Fillion, Susan Kovacs, Christina Nardin, Becky Rous
Advance Box Office	Anne Biggs, Romy Bock, Erika Dello, Herbert Johnson, Debbie Lukenda, Cerys McLellan, Irene McGillivray, Ted McKinney, Laura Myers, Noreen Myers, Hilda Richardson, Anne Roberts, Jane Roberts, Stephen Rutti, Paula Mari Shewchuk, Roy Schuurhuis, Patricia Wiskin