IN CASE YOU MISSED IT!

Victor Herbert’s Sweethearts Opened Tuesday-Wednesday, 
April 30th – May 1st, 2019

1913 Operetta
Lyrics by Robert B. Smith
Book by Harry B. Smith
and Fred de Gresac

Political Intrigue! Shenanigans! VHRP LIVE! closed its Fifth Season with the classic 1913 operetta Sweethearts, in which a handsome prince is about to take a throne, a lost princess is found, international politicians maneuver. Plus: “On Parade,” “Sweethearts,” “For Every Lover Must Meet His Fate,” “Jeannette and Her Little Wooden Shoes,” and “In the Convent They Never Taught Me That!” A Herbert love operetta at its best, respectfully revised by Alyce Mott. The New Victor Herbert Orchestra (NVHO) supports the company at this final show of the season.

This cast features Claire Leyden, Joanie Brittingham, Sarah Caldwell Smith, Vira Slywotzky, Emily Geller, David Seatter, Drew Bolander, Jovani Demetrie, Matthew Wages, JoAnna Geffert, Jack Cotterell, Keith Broughton, Jonathan Hare, Jonathan Fluck, Caitlin Ruddy and Al-Jabril Muhammad.

The Victor Herbert Renaissance Project LIVE! is the world’s only company exclusively devoted to bringing the music of Victor Herbert, an Irish-American composer, conductor, musician, and orchestration legend to the attention of contemporary audiences. Herbert indelibly influenced the foundations of American musical theater as well as American popular music.

VHRP LIVE! is a registered 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 2014 by the company’s Artistic Director Alyce Mott, a leading Herbert historian and librettist and Music Director Michael Thomas. In addition, VHRP LIVE! comprises a core group of resident artists, as well as a rotating roster of classically trained singers who perform regularly in well regarded classical and popular music venues in New York City, nationally and internationally.

VHRP LIVE! is supported by generous funding from The Victor Herbert Foundation.