Review: The Pirates of Penzance (Victorian Opera)
The very model of a modern Gilbert & Sullivan production: nostalgic yet fresh and funny, with cast and orchestra on song.
The very model of a modern Gilbert & Sullivan production: nostalgic yet fresh and funny, with cast and orchestra on song.
A G&S tonic, a new Australian opera, a 'neglected gem' and a twist on a classic to mark VO's 21st anniversary.
A top-shelf cast ensues little is lost in a stripped-back staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's rollicking melodrama.
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Sondheim's throat-slashing musical gets a razor-sharp production, with a fine double act from Ben Mingay and Antoinette Halloran at its dark heart.
Much love and care has gone into the making of this Pirates of Penzance, and all of its facets are delivered with playfulness and vigour.
It’s too easy to dismiss the comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as quaint anachronisms – especially in the wake of the recent Coronation.