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MWOS News Releases

MWOS Casting Yeomen, The Informer, October 2006 - new

MWOS Announces it’s new season, The Informer, August 2006

About Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan, The Informer, February, 2003

Who was the Sullivan in Gilbert & Sullivan?, The Informer, March 2003

Articles on the Society, Its Members and Productions
From Montreal Area Newspapers

The following articles are presented in their entirety:

Tradition the mark of latest 'Pirates', Westside, May 17, 2002

MWOS Pirates provides a great night of swashbuckling entertainment", The Chronicle, May 8, 2002

Voices Raised in Celebration, The Gazette, December 18, 2001

Select from the list below for excerpts from other articles:

The HAPPY Pirates of Penzance, The Informer, June, 2002

Pirates of Penzance, Best Bets, The Gazette, May 11, 2002

Pirates of Penzance lures local vocalists, The Canadian Jewish News, May 9, 2002

Pirates sing out, Senior Times, May, 2002

Montreal West Operatic Society's "Three Little Maids", Montreal Forever Young, March, 2002

MWOS: Carolling nets $1,450, The Informer, [December, 2001]

The HAPPY Pirates of Penzance
The Informer, June, 2002

MW Operatic Society is proud to announce its very successful run of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, during May at the D.B. Clarke Theatre of Concordia University. The superior technical facilities and acoustics, and more intimate theatre space were greatly appreciated by the audience and performers. This new venue for MWOS has proven to be a popular choice.
Directed by Corey Castle with Musical Direction by Douglas Knight, this well-known comic operetta delighted audiences and had full houses for every one of the six performances ...

Pirates of Penzance
Best Bets
The Gazette, May 11, 2002

The Montreal West Operatic Society presents Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance at Concordia University's D.B. Clarke Theatre ... In this comic operetta, an apprentice pirate is torn between serving the bumbling Pirate King or turning on his hapless mates by joining the cowardly police ...

Pirates of Penzance lures local vocalist
The Canadian Jewish News, May 9, 2002

Robert Shuster's ambition this year has been to help command a ship. Both Pamela Kenley and Shuster's daughter, Andrea, aimed to marry pirates. All three fulfil their wishes in the Montreal West Operatic Society (MWOS) production of The Pirates of Penzance ...
Like other MWOS members, the Shusters come from various fields: he retired two years ago from teaching math and computers at Wagar High School, and she shares her stage time with marketing the professional children's theatre company Geordie Productions ...
Kenley, a public relations expert who came to Montreal in 1970 from London, England, sings with Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom's members choir ...

Pirates sing out
Senior Times, May, 2002

Montreal West Operatic Society will produce "The Pirates of Penzance" opening May 10, 2002. This rollicking comic operetta, is one of Gilbert's & Sullivan's best known and beloved works of their 14 collaborations...
This year marks a change in venue to the downtown D.B. Clarke Theatre of Concordia University ... This production promises to be a visual delight with a rich musical score. Take the grandchildren!

Montreal West Operatic Society's "Three Little Maids"
Montreal Forever Young, March, 2002

Anita of Pointe Claire, Margaret and Susan both from Montreal, joined MWOS in 1977. All three have played a major role in the development of the Society. Affectionately known as the "Three Little Maids", after the dainty trio in the Mikado, these ladies all lead very busy lives but nevertheless have spent countless hours helping present the joyful comic operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan.
Anita Hayes is one of the most accomplished performers in MWOS history, having played almost every lead contralto role in the Gilbert & Sullivan canon. In 1997 she was named Best Supporting Actress at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival in Philadelphia ... After 24 consecutive years playing principal roles with MWOS, Anita takes on a new challenge this season in her new position as Assistant Director ...
Margaret Quinlan, mother of four and grandmother of six, has held many positions on the Board of Directors of MWOS, including President, Vice-President, Producer and Secretary. She is also a soprano chorister in the company. About to celebrate her 40th wedding anniversary, Margaret is currently chairperson of the Music Committee ...
Susan Germinario, mother of two teenage children and a scientist, ... was president of the Society for five years and, like Margaret Quinlan, has held several other positions on the Board of Directors. Her lovely soprano voice has always enhanced the women's chorus ...

MWOS: Carolling nets $1,450
The Informer, [December, 2001]

MW Operatic Society, currently rehearsing for The Pirates of Penzance, recently went on their annual carol singing event in the streets of Montreal West. Whilst some members sang Christmas favorites and stopped at lamp-posts for much-needed light, other members went door-to-door collecting money for The Montreal Children's Hospital.
By journey's end at the Town Hall, with mulled wine to warm frozen fingers and toes, $1,450 had been raised...

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