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Obra: HMS Pinafore

Buscador de conciertos de música clásica, óperas, espectáculos de ballet y danza
Datos
CompositorSullivan, Arthur (1842-1900)
PeriodoRomántico
LibretistaW.S. Gilbert
Tipo de obraOpera / Oratorio
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HMS Pinafore at OHP: infernal nonsense of the best kind

Peter Kirk (Ralph Rackstraw) and the Opera Holland Park Chorus © Ali Wright
It’s a risky business to describe comic nuance or timing, so please take my word that these qualities were as pitch-perfect as the vocal prowess on display.

A British tar is a soaring soul: HMS Pinafore at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival

Few 19th-century operettas exceed HMS Pinafore in style, wit and musical accomplishment; the principal candidates in English are The Mikado, and The Yeoman of the Guard, plus a few offerings by Lionel Monckton and Sidney Jones. Any foreign contender would surely be one of the champagne-soaked Viennese delicacies by the Strauss family or Carl Zeller.