Details

HMS Pinafore premiered in 1878 at the Opera Comique in London, and became Gilbert and Sullivan's first smash hit, enjoying a successful run of 571 performances. Satirising the snobbery and hypocrisy of the English social system of its day. HMS Pinafore is a comic tale of love, class pretensions and mistaken identities. Questioning the integrity of the ruling elite and exposing the duplicitous motives of leaders of power, this comedy still has remarkable resonance today. Concert performance sung in English with surtitles.

Cast/Performers

Tim Brooke-Taylor (Narrator), John Mark Ainsley (Rt. Hon. Joseph Porter K.C.B.), Andrew Foster-William (Captain Corcoran), Toby Spence (Ralph Rachstraw), Elizabeth Watts (Josephine), Hilary Summers (Little Buttercup), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket)

Creatives/Company

Music: A.Sullivan
Lyrics: W.S.Gilbert
Corporate Sponsor: Capital Document Solutions
Company: Scottish Opera
Conductor: Richard Egarr