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The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company
for information about future performances.

This is the unofficial, unapproved home page of

The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company

Performing the works of Sir W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan in and around the Twin cities since 1979.

Performance Information

Past Performances

Since its founding in 1979 by Dick Fishel and Jim Hart, the company has produced all the Gilbert and Sullivan shows: Trial By Jury (1979), Patience (1980), Iolanthe (1981), Princess Ida (1982), Ruddigore (1983), The Gondoliers (1984), The Mikado (Spring, 1985), The Sorcerer (Fall, 1985), The Pirates of Penzance (1986), The Yeomen of the Guard (1987), Utopia {Limited} (1988), H.M.S. Pinafore (1989), Patience (1990), The Grand Duke (1991), Iolanthe (1992), Princess Ida (1993), The Gondoliers (1994), Ruddigore (1995), The Mikado (Spring, 1996), Trial By Jury (Fall, 1996), The Sorcerer (1997), The Pirates of Penzance (1998), The Yeomen of the Guard (1999), Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach (2000), H.M.S. Pinafore (2001),

We also performed The Zoo, by B. C. Stephenson & Arthur Sullivan (Fall, 1996).

Where We Perform

Performances of The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company are held at:
Howard Conn Fine Arts Center
1900 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
The Howard Conn Fine Arts Center is located in the Plymouth Church at the intersections of Franklin and Nicollet in south Minneapolis.

How to Reach Us

We can be reached at

Address:
The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company
P. O. Box 580172
Minneapolis, MN 55458-0172

Telephone answering machine:
(612)925-9159

Visit the official web site at http://www.gsvloc.org/.

Or try sending E-mail to rrames@konikoff.com
If you would like to be on our mailing list, please fill out a Mailing List Response.

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If you want to see what we look like, we have some Cast Photos on line.

If you are curious about the meanings of some of the obscure words or phrases in the works of G&S, visit the Gilbert & Sullivan Glossary Collection, to see the glossaries from the programs of The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company.

For information about other theatre performances in the Twin Cities visit the Twin Cities of Minneapolis Performing Arts calendar.

For lots of information about G&S visit the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive Home Page

Visit Bab Illustrations of the works of Gilbert & Sullivan to see a collection of drawings by W. S. Gilbert that illustrate the G&S operettas.

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Last updated January 5, 2001 open and affirming