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| Composer | Sullivan, Arthur (1842-1900) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Librettist | W.S. Gilbert |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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LondonHMS Pinafore
Sullivan: HMS Pinafore
Matthew Kofi Waldren; Cal McCrystal; English National Opera; takis; Tim Mitchell; English National Opera Orchestra
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HMS Pinafore at OHP: infernal nonsense of the best kind
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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.