March of the Falsettos: Streaming Sasha Regan’s “Pirates of Penzance” From The Palace Theatre
The gimmick with which the West End revival of Sasha Regan’s Pirates of Penzance at the Palace Theatre was recently
read moreThe gimmick with which the West End revival of Sasha Regan’s Pirates of Penzance at the Palace Theatre was recently
read moreIt seems that the operetta scene is finally awaking to the possibilities of the internet as a chance to overcome
read moreWith all this free time at home right now I’ve started working my way through various DVD boxes I’ve had
read moreIn 2018 the National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company staged the first professional revival of Haddon Hall for about one
read moreSo here it is, the world’s “first gay opera guide,” or so the publisher claims. It’s a small Berlin based
read moreNew York’s longest running professional Gilbert & Sullivan company returned to the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (near Lexington Avenue)
read moreWilton’s Music Hall is “the most important surviving early music hall to be seen anywhere” (says the Theatres Trust) and
read moreFans of musical theater and operetta will not find a richer, more concentrated banquet of their favorite entertainment than that
read moreGertrude Lawrence’s 1941 megahit, Lady in the Dark, groundbreaking in its day for its then novel use of psychoanalysis in
read moreNew York Gilbert & Sullivan Players’s inspired pairing of two Victorian one-act comic operas – Ages Ago and Mr. Jericho
read moreThe Operetta Research Centre was, this week, undergoing technical maintenance, in the course of which supremo Kevin Clarke came up
read moreJust out is a large-size almost catalogue-like publication in English, French and German in the Revue Musicorum series, no. 20/2018.
read moreBack in 2014, corresponding with the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1, the Schwules Museum in Berlin offered
read moreAmong the various US-American operetta companies, the Comic Opera Guild continues to draw international attention through recordings that offer a
read moreThis summer the historic Frank Matcham designed Buxton Opera House, built in 1903 and seating 902, was host to the
read moreThis year the National G & S Opera Company celebrates its silver jubilee with six new productions. I was invited
read moreThe Pirates of Penzance must be Gilbert and Sullivan’s most staged operetta and, as a director, it must be difficult
read moreAfter the success of The Gondoliers in December 1889, D’Oyly Carte, Gilbert and Sullivan had a well-publicised disagreement because Gilbert
read moreTheatrical mythology has been curiously and undeservedly kind to some folk. Miss Tucker from Ohio went from failure to failure
read moreIolanthe is W S Gilbert’s most satirical opera. His libretto continually pokes fun at the British hereditary system, the law
read moreGreat Malvern is an attractive spa town of 30,000 souls, nestling in the English Midlands and surrounded by the Malvern
read moreThe 860 seat Theatre Royal, in the shadow of Windsor Castle, is the third one on the site: built in
read moreSasha Regan has been director of the Union Theatre in London for 19 years. It is a small space, seating
read moreThe ‘comic opera’ Patience (or ‘Bunthorne’s Bride’) has an important place in theatrical history. It was the first stage production
read moreGilbert and Sullivan’s successor to the phenomenal HMS Pinafore proved to be another enormous international opéra-bouffe hit. Where the former
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