The 2003 Ohio Light Opera Yeomen

Cast Lieutenant Jonathan Stinson Colonel Fairfax Brian Woods Sergeant Meryll John Musick Leonard Meryll John Sumners Jack Point Ted Christopher Wilfred Shadbolt Jeffrey Miller First Yeoman Grant Knox Second Yeoman Lucas Meachem Elsie Maynard Julie Wright Phoebe Meryll Lauren Pastorek Dame Carruthers Sandra Ross Kate Dawn Boudreaux Ohio Light Opera Artistic Director: Stephen Daigle Conductor: J. Lynn Thompson

Albany Records TROY643/44

With this recording, Ohio Light Opera continues its series of G&S recordings, which to date includes Princess Ida (2000), Utopia Limited (2001), and The Grand Duke (2003).

Whatever one may think of the previous OLO issues, there was at least a compelling rationale for them: all three operas were under-represented in the catalogue. But with its move into the standard repertory, OLO starts to compete with recordings with all-star British casts and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in its prime. It seems to me doubtful that Ohio Light Opera can make the case, except to completist collectors who must have everything.