蜜桃传媒 performs an ambitious operatic double bill of Gilbert and Sullivan鈥檚 鈥淭rial by Jury鈥� and Rossini鈥檚 鈥淭he Silken Ladder鈥� Friday, January 27, and Sunday, January 29; both at 7 p.m. in Center Stage Theater. To purchase tickets, which cost $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors or military members, please visit the Center Stage box office at . For more information, please contact the 蜜桃传媒 Music Department at (805) 565-6040 or music@westmont.edu.
The production, set on a large movie studio in the 1930s, will feature a black-and-white moving picture (鈥淭rial by Jury鈥�) and then a full color feature film (鈥淭he Silken Ladder鈥�).
鈥淭he idea is that a company is filming a double feature, spanning the gap between black-and-white, moving pictures and Technicolor movies,鈥� says Christina Jensen, stage director. 鈥淓ach show is set in its own time with 鈥楾rial by Jury鈥� in Victorian England and 鈥楾he Silken Ladder鈥� in the early-mid 1800s. The stark visual difference between the two shows will be exciting.鈥�
Music director Ruth Lin has been overseeing an opera boot camp for 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 talented student musicians since early January. 鈥淭hey are a diverse group of musically gifted students pursuing a wide range of fields,鈥� Lin says. 鈥淚 look forward to sharing the music and humor of these operas with the community.鈥�
The cast includes junior tenor Sibongakonkhe (Sibo) Msibi, a senior international student from Swaziland, who earned a fellowship to the Music Academy of the West鈥檚 75th anniversary Summer School and Festival in 2022.
Other cast members include Joy Sturges, Katie Ticas, Caleb Wilcox, Sean Ryan, Nathan Carlin, Micah Howard, Chandler Baker, Rachael Todd, Melissa Ellsworth, Alyssa Burdick, Jordyn Clinton, Erin Hardin, Jessica Berman, Sequoyah Scales, Leighton Bell and Phoebe Tilburt.