Ruddigore’ – Written by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Arthur Sullivan. Directed by Briana Bensenouci. Music Directed by Aldo Fabrizi. Set Design by Laurel Martin, Brendon Chetwynd & Blair Eig. Costume Design by Sue Flint & Donna Roessler. Sound Design by Bill Lopoulos. Presented by the Sudbury Savoyards with all performances at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, 390 Lincoln Road, Sudbury, MA 01776, through March 1, 2025.

By Judy Katzman

The lively and robust overture to Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, performed by a nearly 30-piece orchestra, sets the spirited (pun intended) tone for Sudbury Savoyards’ grand production of this comedic operetta. Armed with all the elements of a fairy tale – heroes, villains, fair maidens, ghosts, and even a mad woman – Ruddigore tells the story of Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd (David Smyth), a baronet who flees to a seaside village in order to escape a curse placed on his family, one that requires him to commit one crime each day, or die an agonizing death. 

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