Patience Livestream Recordings

PLEASE NOTE: This listing is for the recordings of the livestreams of Patience from October 11 and 12, 2024. If you previously purchased a livestream ticket, there is no need to purchase this ticket; it is still valid and will now point to the recordings. After purchasing your ticket, you will be emailed a link from tickets@pittsburghsavoyards.org to view the stream to the email you used to register for Showclix. This email is seperate from your Showclix receipt. Please be patient; this process may take up to 5 minutes to complete. If you have still not received your email after 10 minutes, please check your spam/junk mail folder. If you are still having trouble, please contact information@pittsburghsavoyards.org and we will be happy to assist you.

These archive recordings of the performance will be available to view at any time until December 1, 2024.

This show has two casts to choose from: the SULLIVAN cast was recorded on October 11, and the GILBERT cast was recorded on October 12. You will be able to select the cast you would like to view (GILBERT or SULLIVAN) when purchasing your ticket. The October 11 recording contains full subtitles for lyrics and dialogue, while the October 12 recording contains subtitles for lyrics only.

SULLIVAN (October 11) double-cast roles:
Patience: Alexandra Aks
Archibald Grosvenor: Omar Tolentino
The Duke of Dunstable: Nicholas Graef
Lady Jane: Sally Denmead
Lady Angela: Bridget Johnston
Lady Saphir: Chelsie Clydesdale
Major Murgatroyd: Phil Hayes
Lady Ella: Kat Bowman

GILBERT (October 12) double-cast roles:
Patience: Kate Manuel
Archibald Grosvenor: Jordan Speranzo
The Duke of Dunstable: Zhen Yu Ding
Lady Jane: Katie Kirby
Lady Angela: Jessica McGunigle
Lady Saphir: Leah Huber
Major Murgatroyd: Don Gudenburr
Lady Ella: Brienne Sharo

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Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience; or, Bunthorne’s Bride, satirizes the aesthetic movement of the 1870s and 1880s. Two rival poets, Reginald Bunthorne and Archibald Grosvenor, vie for the affection of the beautiful dairy maid Patience. Bunthorne is a self-proclaimed aesthetic who attracts the attention of the local maidens, despite secretly being a fraud who loathes the movement. Patience, uninterested in the poets, initially struggles with the concept of true love. She ultimately finds herself drawn to Grosvenor, who is genuinely handsome and charming. Meanwhile, the officers of the Dragoon Guards also desire the attention of the maidens, and go to great lengths to try to woo them. The opera humorously critiques the pretensions of the art world and the fickleness of romantic ideals, ending with a series of romantic resolutions that leave the characters paired off happily.