Pirates of Penzance

Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance is a lively comic opera bursting with wit, romance and gloriously absurd twists. As a child, Frederic was mistakenly apprenticed to a band of soft-hearted pirates after his nursemaid misheard instructions that he should be apprenticed to a...
Pirates of Penzance

Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance is a lively comic opera bursting with wit, romance and gloriously absurd twists. As a child, Frederic was mistakenly apprenticed to a band of soft-hearted pirates after his nursemaid misheard instructions that he should be apprenticed to a...
The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance – Opera Anywhere The opera premiered in December 1879 in New York with Sullivan conducting, but there had been a single performance prior to this in Paignton, UK to secure the British copyright. After a successful three-month run in New...
The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

Pirates in Britten’s Garden This August, Opera Anywhere brings the wit and sparkle of The Pirates of Penzance to the garden of The Red House — the former home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Britten is rightly celebrated for the dramatic intensity of works such...
Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

Opera Anywhere with the Teignmouth Opera Chorus conducted by Ilana Jacobs and directed by Tristan Stocks, perform a Gilbert & Sullivan classic, ‘The Pirates of Penzance’. The opera premiered in December 1879 in New York with Sullivan conducting, but...