The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company’s regular performances include its fully staged productions of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas at the Conn Theater, annually every spring and fall.  The Company, however, has also staged other concerts, appearances, and special performances over the years. 

Among these events have been the summer concerts of the operettas, with the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, at the Lake Harriet Bandshell, since 1995, as well as the Sing-Throughs of the operettas, performed by company members, audience members and friends, which have been done regularly since 2014.

They have also included events such as a 1982 concert of a selection of Gilbert and Sullivan works, a 2000 concert featuring orchestral and choral works by Sir Arthur Sullivan, a semi-staged concert presentation of a H.M.S. Pinafore, in the spring of 2001, and a concert presentation of Sullivan’s The Rose of Persia, in fall of 2001.  The Company also presented The Da Vinci Coda, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta parody, staged in 2007, and the Company’s performance as a choir in The Events, at the Guthrie Theater, in the fall of 2015.  Most recently, the Company has appeared at the Minnesota State Fair, performing selections from both its upcoming productions and other Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.

In 2018, the company began to stage cabaret performances of Gilbert and Sullivan’s songs in Twin Cities nightclub venues and did so on several occasions through 2025, as both promotional and celebratory events.

Starting in 2022, the Company has appeared at the Minnesota State Fair every summer, performing selections from both its upcoming productions and other Gilbert and Sullivan operettas as promotions for the Company’s upcoming season.

Most recently, starting in 2024, the Company began performing late spring concerts of classical works, with full orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Randal Buikema, including the Mozart Requiem in D Minor in 2024, the Brahms German Requiem in 2025, and Orff’s Carmina Burana in 2026.

All these concerts, appearances, and special performances have been and will continue to be a significant part of the Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company’s history and future.