One of the highlights of the next English Music Festival (held at Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire) will be a professional performance of Sullivan's cantata
The Golden Legend (1886) on 25th May 2013. The BBC has broadcast concerts from previous EMFs, so there is a chance that this may also reach a wider audience.
The Chandos recording of
The Beauty Stone (1898) is still scheduled to take place early next year with the following provisional cast:
Laine - Elin Manahan Thomas
Philip, Lord of Mirlemont - Toby Spence
Saida - Rebecca Evans
The Devil - Alan Opie
Simon Limal - Stephen Gadd
Joan - Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Jacqueline - Pamela Helen Stephen
Guntran of Beaugrant - Peter Rose
Nicholas Dircks - Richard Suart
conducter, Rory MacDonald
This will be an absolutely complete recording, including several substantial numbers cut after the premiere and not included in the Chappell vocal score. The Sullivan Society still welcomes contributions (large or small) towards the funding of this exciting project -
http://www.sullivansociety.org.uk/projects.php :)