The Pirates of Penzance - Full Show
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- The Pirates of Penzance
The original (classic) album by D'Oyly Carte Opera: amzn.to/3XAzyxV
The 1983 DVD of Pirates with Kevin Cline and Angela Lansbury: amzn.to/3lsH7sT
Presented November 8, 2021 by Valley Light Opera
Massachusetts
Pirates of Penzance is in the Public Domain
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences and critics.[1] Its London debut was on 3 April 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for 363 performances.
The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets the daughters of Major-General Stanley, including Mabel, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic soon learns, however, that he was born on the 29th of February, and so, technically, he has a birthday only once each leap year. His indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his "twenty-first birthday", meaning that he must serve for another 63 years.[2] Bound by his own sense of duty, Frederic's only solace is that Mabel agrees to wait for him faithfully.
Pirates was the fifth Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration and introduced the much-parodied "Major-General's Song". The opera was performed for over a century by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Britain and by many other opera companies and repertory companies worldwide. Modernized productions include Joseph Papp's 1981 Broadway production, which ran for 787 performances, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, and spawning many imitations and a 1983 film adaptation. Pirates remains popular today, taking its place along with The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore as one of the most frequently played Gilbert and Sullivan operas. - Hudba
Nicely staged for the most part, but especially nice to see a video that understands it’s capturing a stage show. The Frederic is a real charmer & fits his role well.
Thanks for the compliment! Filming stage shows is my passion.
Wish I’d had you for mine.
Aaaaaaaaa my favorite operaaaa
I'm an infernal nonsense Pinafore guy. But I think that's the fault of Sideshow Bob, Salah, and Picard/Worf/Data. But tomorrow's Frederic's birthday, so here I am. Great video, thanks to all involved!
A very,very good production (especially the diction).
The Ruth is excellent.
An absolute delight to watch this. Well done by everyone!
Not bad but I think I enjoyed your old shows of "Orpheus" (which I recommended to the Jacques Offenbach Society) and "the Vagabond King " more. What happened to the Major-General's big entrance? He seemed to be attached to a harness.
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Is this a non-professional production? The guy who plays Frederic is really, really good.