Cradled in the wonderfully crumbling Victorian grandeur of Wilton's Music Hall, the entire pared-down production makes a virtue of simplicity. Sixteen chaps and a piano, two sets of bunk beds, a ...

HMS Pinafore premiered in 1878 at the Opera Comique in London, and became Gilbert and Sullivan’s first smash hit, enjoying a successful run of 571 performances. Satirising the snobbery and hypocrisy ...

When I was at prep school in the 1960s, a series of old military buffers came to give a lecture to my motley group of school friends about how we were predestined to run the British Empire; this was ...

“Stick close to your desks and never go to sea, / And you all may be rulers of the Queen’s Navee!” sings silver-mustachioed Sir Joseph Porter (Christian N. Føhrby ’14) with flailing hands. The Harvard ...

The production’s lovely, with its candy-box shipboard set and two complete changes of gorgeous gowns for the women’s chorus. But a little of the sheen has rubbed off this Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORTHAMPTON — Talk with just about any member of the Valley Light Opera, who will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a ...

2 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 3 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities H.M.S. Pinafore, the classic comic opera that made Gilbert & Sullivan world famous ...

ALFRESCO theatre company Illyria has been taking the UK by storm this summer with three touring productions. Now after entertaining audiences in Abergavenny and Chepstow a few weeks ago, the cast of ...

Are Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas still lively entertainment or tired old hat? This Scottish Opera performance was recorded live at last year’s Edinburgh Festival. Like most concert performances, ...

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NORTHAMPTON — Talk with just about any member of the Valley Light Opera, who will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a production of “H.M.S. Pinafore or The Lass That Loved a Sailor” at the ...