EL CAPITAN – Sousa’s Comic Opera

Presented by Rob Morrison on 7th July 2026

Musical Theatre Melodies broadcast on Tuesday, 7th July will feature a 130th anniversary tribute to the John Philip Sousa and Tom Frost comic opera El Capitan, from the 1997 University of Illinois studio cast recording starring Douglas Webster, Lucille Beer, Sherri Karam, Harold Gray Meers, Darryl Edwards, Gerald Dolter, Mary Ann McCormick and Donald Hartmann.

The programme will conclude with orchestral selections from John Philip Sousa’s comic operas The Irish Dragoon and The Bride Elect played by the Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra conducted by Keith Brion.