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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 ]
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 ...
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.
Suart as Bunthorne in Patience alongside Gillian Knight as Lady Jane. Richard Suart (born September 1951) is an English opera singer and actor, who has specialised in the comic roles of Gilbert and Sullivan operas and in operetta, as well as in avant-garde modern operas.
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 ...
Adams as the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance. Charles Donald Adams (20 December 1928 – 8 April 1996) was an English opera singer and actor, best known for his performances in bass-baritone roles of the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and his own company, Gilbert and Sullivan for All.
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 ...
The Pirates of Penzance: Frederick, the Pirate Apprentice Manchester Opera House Summer Season 1985 Les Misérables: Marius Pontmercy: Barbican Arts Centre, London 8 October 1985 – December 1985 1985-1986 Palace Theatre, London 4 December 1985 – October 1986 1987-1988 The Phantom of the Opera: Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny: Her Majesty's Theatre ...