The Village Light Opera Group used to perform one of the operettas per year with an enormous cast and a full orchestra. The productions were not always inspired, but it was glorious to have a chance to hear the scores played by a full orchestra and sung by a larger ensemble than one is likely to see anywhere else in New York. They performed for years at the Haft Auditorium at FIT in midtown.
I know the company ran into financial difficulties at one point and I'm not certain what the current status is, even pre-pandemic. Hopefully, they will survive and return...they fill a niche.
There was also a company on the east side called Blue Hill Troupe that also did annual G&S productions, I think, for charity. I don't know much about them, but, likewise, I hope they return post-pandemic to doing what they do. |
