PATIENCE
or Bunthorne's Bride

A wildly satiric opera, Patience lampooned the aesthetic craze of the 1880’s, but is essentially a send-up of a human folly that is always with us: the blind cult-worship of media personalities and fads. Patience is a village milkmaid, untutored in love, who is caught between the annoying attentions of a poseur poet, Bunthorne (who lives on public adoration,) and his rival, the self-described “apostle of beauty,” Grosvenor, who seeks to hide his “fatal attraction” from the masses. Enter a regiment of Dragoon Guards, who were once engaged to the local ladies who now flock after the poets, and you have a brilliant clash of temperament, wit and infectious music.

The original production of Patience was second in popularity only to The Mikado and remains Gilbert & Sullivan’s most biting and at the same time melodious work.

Where?

Performances were held at the Hirsch Theater, 6 Eliahu Shama St. in Jerusalem (Beit Shmuel - Mercaz Shimson). Click here for a map.

When?

Monday, March 12; Tuesday, March 13; Wednesday, March 14 (matinee and evening)
Tuesday, March 20; Wednesday, March 21; Thursday, March 22 (matinee and evening)

Who?

CAST
Colonel Calverley	Marc Zell
Major Murgatroyd	Michael Ben-Eliezer
Duke of Dunstable	Jordan Zell
Reginald Bunthorne	Howard Metz
Archibald Grosvenor	Daniel Forst Gregory Wolfe
Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor	Howard Liss
Lady Angela	Donna Bareket
Lady Saphir	Lisa Woo
Lady Ella	Shimrit Rabi
Lady Vavir	Lucy Roth
Lady Jane	Michal Shiff Matter
Patience	Aviella Trapido
Rapturous Maidens	Shelley Adler Yael Alon Toby Atlas Shoshana Eissenstat Sarah Gerskup Sara Gluch Claire Greenfeld Rachel Kaminetsky Yael Kelly Yael Lashansky Mona Liss Shira Maddy-Weitzman Tomi Mager Reisie Miller Rachel Miskin Phyllis Narrol Dina Ostrovsky Gillian Rappaport Rebecca Reice Margalit Rosenschein Shira Rosenschein Rivka Schlesinger Dvora Shalen Gila Staum
Dragoon Guards	Raymond Bensusan Yehuda Chaimovitz Daniel Chertoff Yamin Friedman David Frommer John Lemberger Harvey Narrol Tomer Perry Ira Piltz Jeff Rosenschein Louis Sachs Josh Trachtman Toby Trachtman Moshe Chaim Trapido Abraham Truitt Steve Weinstein

Media

Currently only the poster for this show is available. Check back soon for pictures, audio clips, and video clips.