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The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where it was well received by both audiences and critics. [ 1 ]
Marion Hood. Marion Hood (1 April 1854 – 14 August 1912) was an English soprano who performed in opera and musical theatre in the last decades of the 19th century. She is perhaps best remembered for creating the role of Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance in London.
The Pirates of Penzance is a 1983 romantic musical comedy film written and directed by Wilford Leach based on Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera of the same name.The story takes place in the 1870s and centers around the pirate apprentice, Frederic, who leaves a Penzance-based pirate band of tenderhearted orphans and soon falls in love with Mabel, the daughter of an incompetent Major-General.
After several Sunday performances of H.M.S Pinafore and Trial by Jury, NYGASP expanded its repertoire by premiering a new production of The Pirates of Penzance on Sunday afternoon, February 29, 1976 – the 30th birthday of the character Frederic from that opera. Bergeret appeared on stage ahead of the performance, made up as the 120-year-old ...
With Scottish Opera, it co-produced The Pirates of Penzance in 2013, The Mikado in 2016 and The Gondoliers and Utopia, Limited in 2021–22. Some of the company's performers, over the decades, became stars of their day and often moved on to careers in musical theatre or grand opera. The company licensed the operas for performance in Australasia ...
Warlow's Gilbert and Sullivan roles for Opera Australia include the featured comedic roles of Ko-Ko in The Mikado (2004–2009), Archibald Grosvenor in Patience (1996), Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance (2006–2007–2010) and in the 2005 double-bill of Trial by Jury (as the Learned Judge) and H.M.S. Pinafore (as Captain Corcoran).
The Pirates of Penzance was LOOM's first production in 1968. In the fall of 1968, William Mount-Burke (1936–1984), the former director of The Miami Light Opera [1] and The Stamford Symphony, took steps to start an Off-Broadway company specializing in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus: Decca Studios [3] 1979 Darrell Fancourt, Muriel Harding, Ella Halman, Leonard Osborn, Martyn Green, Donald Harris, Joan Gillingham Isidore Godfrey, Chorus and Orchestra of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: LP:Decca Cat: DPA 3051/2 mono [4] 1981 Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Estelle ...