Smaller Scale Offerings

Opera A La Carte offers smaller scale attractions to fit the facilities and budget requirements of virtually any presenter and audience. One of the greatest things about the work of Gilbert and Sullivan is its adaptability and its success out of context. To get a feel for what is possible, start with a full production and remove one or more elements, i.e., sets, costumes, chorus, principals and/or orchestra. Then, if you want, change the content to include excerpts from more than one of the operas. Possibilities include:

• Costumed, semi-staged concert versions (no set)
• Concert versions of full operas with orchestra or piano (formal attire and no set)
• Costumed highlights with orchestra or piano, with or without chorus (principals only)
• Non-costumed highlights with piano with or without chorus
• Quartet or Quintet (or even fewer) principals in a lively, narrated lecture demo.