Not many opera companies begin in high school auditoriums. In 1975, however, a high school auditorium was exactly where Valley Light Opera got its start. This weekend, the company will celebrate their ...

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A group of young adult actors are venturing beyond the horizon in Midland Summer Stage Theatre’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore.” The comic opera welcomes audiences aboard a ...

Support local journalism by subscribing at Special Offers - USAToday Network. The comic operetta “H.M.S. Pinafore” has a reputation for vintage silliness, but Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1878 masterpiece ...

Premiering in 1878, H.M.S. PINAFORE was Gilbert & Sullivan's first smash hit and became the gold standard for light opera for generations to come. While Gilbert takes aim at class divisions and ...

Written and composed by Victorian-era dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, and directed by UI Director of Opera Bill Theisen, H.M.S. Pinafore will balance comedy and drama through an ...

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston will celebrate 70 years of productions with performances of H.M.S Pinafore. A story revolved around a sailor who falls in love with the captain’s daughter, ...

James Mills as Sir Joseph Porter in “H.M.S. Pinafore,” which makes a stop at Popejoy Hall on Sunday, Feb. 5. (Courtesy of William Reynolds) James Mills grew up on the stages of Albuquerque theaters.

"H.M.S. Pinafore" is his Majesty's ship complete with salty sailors, egotistic officers, lovely women and a seller of a conglomeration of items to the sailors, Little Buttercup.