“A British tar is a soaring soul, as free as a mountain bird, his energetic fist should be ready to resist a dictatorial word”
—Ralph, Boatswain, Carpenter's Mate
H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. Pinafore
The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company's Production of
H.M.S. Pinafore or The Lass That Loved a Sailor
March 16 to April 8, 2001
Directors:
| Stage Director: | Mikal Kraklio |
| Music Director: | Steven Michael Utzig |
| Artistic Director: | Wendy Evans |
Our Production of H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. Pinafore opened in London in 1878, and became the first great success by Gilbert and Sullivan. We chose to set our production one hundred years later, in 1978, on a British cruise liner bound for the imaginary tropical island of Barataria.
Two excellent internet resources for information about H.M.S. Pinafore:
Show Poster
Company Photo
Photography by Daniels Studio
“Let’s give three cheers for the sailor’s bride who casts all thought of rank aside– who gives up home and fortune too for the honest love of a sailor true!”
—The Sailor's and Ladies' Chorus
H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. Pinafore
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