Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘The Sorcerer’

When:
22nd February 2020 @ 7:30 pm
2020-02-22T19:30:00+00:00
2020-02-22T19:45:00+00:00
Where:
Carshalton Methodist Church
Ruskin Rd
Carshalton SM5 3DE
UK
Cost:
£10 per ticket
Contact:
Sue Trewhitt
07866969147

We welcome Utopians Unlimited back to Carshalton for the fifth successive year to perform another Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera. Doors open at 7.00 pm.
The Sorcerer is a two-act comic opera, with a libretto by W.S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan. It was the British duo’s third operatic collaboration.
The plot of The Sorcerer is based on a Christmas story, An Elixir of Love, that Gilbert wrote for The Graphic magazine in 1876. A young man, Alexis, is obsessed with idea of love levelling all ranks and social distinctions.

To promote his beliefs, he invites the proprietor of J.W. Wells & Co, Family Sorcerers, to brew a love potion. This causes everyone in the village to fall in love with the first person they see, and results in the pairing of comically mismatched couples. In the end, Wells must sacrifice his life to break the spell.

The director is Jon Fox, with musical direction by David Edwards.

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