Richard Sheldon

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

"He has long been a Major-General of supreme, crusty authority. He has long been superior, in fact, to any Major-General who trod the D'Oyly Carte boards after the departure of Martyn Green."
Martin Bernheimer - Los Angeles Times

"Richard Sheldon's Opera A La Carte has racked up an impressive string of triumphant productions. It would be hard to imaging, even so, a performance of more consistent delight than the company's 'Pirates of Penzance' .....Sheldon's company remains steadfast in its belief that the authors knew best.....Sheldon's stage direction has always been directly descended from the comic routines of the works' own times."
Alan Rich - Los Angeles Daily News

"Richard Sheldon wears the mantle of authentic Savoyard tradition with conviction and vision and has assembled a company that treated 'Pirates' as newly minted. No dead routines here.....Sheldon, as Major General Stanley, showed his familiar command of style and ran through his patter song with speed, wit and clarity."
Chris Pasles - Los Angeles Times

"Director Sheldon deserves praise not only for bringing it all together, but also as the ideal Major-General."
Ralph Andrews - San Bernardino Sun

"Sheldon has managed to keep alive the traditional performance style for G & S...It isn't just Sheldon's direction that is to the point; he is also a star himself, a fast-singing highly contagious comedian who can generate electricity as the Major-General."
John Farrell - Pasadena Star-News