Review: H.M.S. Pinafore (State Opera South Australia)
It’s too easy to dismiss the comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as quaint anachronisms – especially in the wake of the recent Coronation.
It’s too easy to dismiss the comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as quaint anachronisms – especially in the wake of the recent Coronation.
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Thea von Harbou’s vertiginous depiction of a world run by corporations re-engineered into a satisfying – if not entirely moving – chamber musical.
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