'Spem' is a comic opera in two acts (duration 2 hours)
with music and libretto by Joe St.Johanser. This workshop performance was enthusiastically
received by the invited audience.
'When I heard the first violin humming the main theme of the first movement I knew Joe had a hit'.
For a synopsis of the opera, details of availability of scores and parts,
perusal copies of DVD etc click on to music publishing company
SPEM or 'The School for Negentropy' Opera Workshop - Woldingham 6th
April 2003
Spem
A Comic Opera in
Two Acts by Joe
St.Johanser Spem
Vocal Masterclass
Wynford Evans
Opera Workshop Director
Paul Arden-Griffith
Music Director
Francis Griffin
Producer
Melinda Cherrett
Choreographer
Anna Brunton
Lighting
Matt Valentine
Video and Recording
Mark Jenner
Makeup
Helen Furness
Pianists/Repetiteurs
Sheila Blow, Anna LeHair
Assistant to Director
Jackie Shearer
Sponsored by Robosoft Music Ltd.
'Spem' is a comic opera in two acts (duration 2 hours)
with music and libretto by Joe St.Johanser. This workshop performance was enthusistically
received by the invited audience. For a synopsis of the opera, details of availability of scores and parts,
perusal copies of DVD etc click on to music publishing company
Dramatis Personae
Karen/Venus - Hannah Kirk
Fran/Adonis - Susan Garrett
Lada/Venus - Suzanne Walker
Janet/Guru - Alice Bishop
Miles/The Boar - Terry Saunders
Josh/The Stallion - Nigel Evans-Thompson
Danny/The Hound - Paul Charrier Martin
William Shakespeare - Julian Agnew
Chorus (Sharon, Elizabeth, Lords and Ladies, Forest Trees)
Kerry Bott, Melinda Cherrett, Helen Duxbury, Mary Earl, Sylvia Furneaux, Sheila Gaff, Bart Gavigan, Patricia Gavigan, Ann Gildersleve, Sylvia Griffiths, Sue Gourlay, Jill House, Melanie Kallini, Carol Lane, David Lane, Julia Maitland, Kevin Marsdon, Leslie Sayers, Robin Smith, Walter Tee, Melinda Cherrett, Wynford Evans (by kind permission!), Gabriel Gavigan, Elizabeth Griffin, Joanne Griffin.