H.M.S. Pinafore A Non-Subscription Special Event
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert in English
OPERADELAWARE, the Delaware Symphony and the Grand Opera House have teamed up to bring you the popular author-composer team of William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
Captain Corcoran of H.M.S. Pinafore is torn – his daughter, Josephine, is sought in marriage by the First Lord Sir Joseph Porter, yet her heart belongs to handsome but common sailor Ralph Rackstraw. Captain Corcoran is himself in love with Buttercup, a woman beneath his station. But, as the famous duet instructs, “Things are seldom what
they seem…”
You’ll love this bright shipboard comedy, conducted by Stephen Gunzenhauser and directed by Bill Fabris, with its catchy tunes and witty dialogue. H.M.S. Pinafore is a delightful concoction of many different musical styles, including traditional forms of opera, opera buffa, and such traditional English musical forms as the sailors’ shanty and hornpipe dance.
