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Helen Goes to Troy
(La Belle Helene)
Music by: Jacques Offenbach
A New Translation and Adaptation By: Arthur Roberts (premiered in Canada by The Sault Opera Society on March 20, 1975)
Original French Text by: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Presented by special arrangement with Dr. Arthur Roberts. Orchestration by arrangement with Theodor Presser Company, agent for Heugel & Cie., Paris.
Production Dates and Venue:
April 11 and 12, 1975
White Pines Collegiate Auditorium
May 24, 1975
Elliot Lake Secondary School, Elliot Lake, ON - QUONTA Regional Drama Festival
Cast:
| Calchas, High Priest of Jupiter | Roy Tonkin |
| Philocomus, Assistant to Calchas | Denis Nadon |
| Euthycles, a Blacksmith | David Feltham |
| Bacchis, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Helen | Nancy Biron |
| Thetis, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Helen | Dorothy-Ann Nelson |
| Helen, Queen of Sparta | Lydia Fritsch |
| Orestes, son of Agamemnon | Michael Kimball |
| Parthenis, a courtesan | Jo-Ann (Morgan) Wilson |
| Leona, a courtesan | Barbara McGuire |
| Paris, Prince of Troy, disguised as a shepherd | Bob MacDonald |
| A Carrier Pigeon | Vilma Ambel |
| Ajax I, King of Salamis | John Gribbon |
| Ajax II, King of Locrien | David Wadley |
| Achilles, King of Phtiolides, leader of the Myrmidons | Ernest A. Peeling |
| Menelaus, King of Sparta, husband to Helen | Ted Hallin |
| Agamemnon, King of Kings, brother to Menelaus | B. G. Herbert Johnson |
| Pylades, Friend of Orestes | Jacques Chouinard |
| UNDERSTUDIES: | |
| Bacchis/Thetis | Gillian Rivers |
| Parthenis/Leona | Gloria Chase |
Chorus
Townspeople, Handmaidens to the Queen, etc.
Susan Brown, Catherine Carbone, Gloria Chase, Erika Dello, Wilma Groen, Juanita Jairath, Vicky Micak, Ruth Motiejunas, Marga Pelka, Gillian Rivers, Bob Bouchard, Jacques Chouinard, David Feltham, Jong S. You, Barbara Baber, Inara Penikis
"Rat-Pack", Followers of Orestes, Later Bodyguard of the High Priest of Venus:
Cathy Ballantyne, Susan Brown, Catherine Carbone, Wendy Gibson, Valerie McLeod, Vicky Micak, Ruth Motiejunas, Janet Stroyan
Orchestra
| Conductor | Arno Ambel |
| Concertmaster | Mary Shrubsole Walton |
| Flutes | Mary Norman, Linda Spahr |
| Clarinets | Wayne Jones, Linda Miles, Vincent Fera |
| Bassoon | Margaret Hooper |
| French Horn | Walter Kimball |
| Trumpets | Andy Kozak, Gary Elliott |
| Violin I | Mary Shrubsole Walton, Carol O'Neill |
| Violin II | Andy Kent |
| Viola | Ed Gartshore |
| Cello | Kathryn Gartshore |
| Bass | Hugh Stephen |
| Piano | Barbara Severin |
| Organ | Jane Anstice |
| Percussion | Fred Pelletier |
Production Staff
| Producer, Director, and Designer | Arno Ambel |
| Assisted by | Billie Foley |
| Choreographer | Helen Syjut |
| Stage Manager | Vilma Ambel |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Molly Feltham |
| Rehearsal Pianists | Jane Anstice, Barbara Severin |
| Prompter | Kathy Crawford |
| Set Construction | David Feltham, Peter Zarins |
| Assisted by | Nancy Biron, Gloria Chase, Michael Chase, jacques Chouinard, John Gribbon, Ted Hallin, Juanita Jairath, B. G. Herbert Johnson, Cosmo Martello, Vicky Micak, Stephen Frech, Dorothy Ann Nelson, David Wadley, Jong S. You, Bob Bouchard, Owen Hines |
| Stage Crew | Hans Banner, Brendan Burlein, Michael Chase, Peter Zarins, Martin Punch |
| Costume Designer | Vilma Ambel |
| Costume Seamstresses | Frieda Daniels, Ebba Poldmaa, Inge Ruck |
| Assisted by | Ausma Krumins, Retta Jean Roy |
| Hairstyling | Marga Pelka and the Staff of Marianne's Beauty Salon |
| Properties Designed and Constructed by | Inara Penikis, Barbara Baber |
| Assisted by | Peter Zarins, Ausma Krumins |
| Make-Up | Vera Alloi, Tom Bailey |
| Assisted by | Ausma Krumins, Judy Morgan, Debbie Moroso, Helle Poldmaa, Helen Berry, Pat Woolhouse |
| Lighting | Colin D'Arville, Jim Lorenzo |
| Assisted by | Linda McCarthy, Garth Schmalenberg |
| Box Office | The Bank of Nova Scotia, Station Mall, B. G. H. Johnson, Erika Dello, Dorothy Ann Nelson, Romy Bock, Michael Kimball, Susan Brown, Nancy Biron, Barbara McGuire, David Wadley, Linda Veith, Vicky Micak |
| House Box Office | Irmgard Hibbert, Yvette Meyndt |
| House Managers | Ken Hibbert, Walter Micak |
| Floor Assistants | Members of Hi-Y and Helen Syjut Dancers |
| Hospitality | Linda Veith, Mickey Renirie, Alviine Kaldma, Toni Lelievre, Romy Bock, Esme Johnson |