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Dewberry School Of Music's Mason Opera to Present AN EVENING WITH GILBERT & SULLIVAN At The Hylton Center


Experience the comedic satire and beautiful melodic themes of Mason Opera's 'An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan' at the Hylton Center.

Franklin Light Opera Returns With The Best Of Gilbert & Sullivan At The Williamson County Performing Arts Center


Franklin Light Opera Company announces its opening production for the 2022-2023 season: The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Utah Opera Announces 2021-22 Season


Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth today announced Utah Opera’s 2021-22 season, sponsored by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation. In its upcoming season, Utah Opera presents four full-scale opera productions with live performances at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre.

Amore Opera Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Six Productions For The 2018-19 Season


To celebrate the founding of Amore Opera in 2009, Artistic Director Nathan Hull has programmed six main-stage opera productions this season. Over the past decade, Amore has created a niche for itself in New York City's cultural realm, offering lively stagings of opera classics, neglected gems of the repertoire, appealing children's fare, and ever-popular Gilbert & Sullivan presentations in the well- appointed and intimate 200-seat Riverside Theatre at Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Avenue, (near 121st Street,) New York, NY 10027.

Amore Opera Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Six Productions For The 2018-19 Season


To celebrate the founding of Amore Opera in 2009, Artistic Director Nathan Hull has programmed six main-stage opera productions this season. Over the past decade, Amore has created a niche for itself in New York City's cultural realm, offering lively stagings of opera classics, neglected gems of the repertoire, appealing children's fare, and ever-popular Gilbert & Sullivan presentations in the well-appointed and intimate 200-seat Riverside Theatre at Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Avenue, (near 121st Street,) New York, NY 10027.

Mit Gilbert And Sullivan Players Announce Spring Production Of HMS PINAFORE


Not content with her earthly empire, Great Britain has turned her gaze outward, and Her Majesty's Navy now patrols the vast expanse of the final frontier. But where England goes, so goes her notorious class system, and Chief Security Officer Josephine Corcoran and lowly ensign Ralph Rackstraw find themselves all at sea when they fall madly in love. With Romulans in the neutral zone, restless Klingons itching for a fight, and Josephine's social-climbing father, and captain, determined to marry her off to a pompous admiral, the stakes have never been higher for Gilbert and Sullivan's most famous lass and the sailor she loves.

The MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players to Present KISS ME, KATE


The MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players are thrilled to announce tickets are now available for their production of Cole Porter's classic Kiss Me, Kate, starting December 1!

The MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players to Present KISS ME, KATE


The MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players are thrilled to announce tickets are now available for their production of Cole Porter's classic Kiss Me, Kate, starting December 1!

MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players Announces Summer Production of CHESS


At the height of the Cold War, an American and Russian grandmaster face off in a battle for international chess supremacy. When the Russian falls in love with the American's chess second, intense rivalry and East-West political intrigue begin to unfold.

A Changing of the Guard (Gilbert and Sullivan Style) Comes to MIT This May


MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players announce their upcoming spring production, YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

MIT Gilbert And Sullivan Players Announces Spring Production Of THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD


September 1940. Under the relentless blitzkrieg of German bombers, everyday life around the Tower of London is threatened daily.

2011 Caramoor Festival Opens with Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore 6/25


On Saturday, June 25, at 8:30 PM, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts kicks off its 66th Caramoor International Music Festival with a vibrant Opening Night presentation of Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore, one of the legendary duo's most beloved and delightful operettas.

BWW Reviews: Hilarious Old Jewel, Great New Setting PIRATES OF PENZANCE at Atlas


Baltimore theatergoers may be pardoned for not being familiar - yet - with the Atlas District in North East Washington, but this emerging arts-and-entertainment area, focused on about four blocks of H Street, is well worth getting to know. The core is the Atlas Performing Arts Center, an Art Deco movie house that was impeccably redeveloped in 2006 after 30 years as a derelict. And surely there could hardly be a better way of making the Atlas' acquaintance than seeing the Washington Savoyards' revival of the 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan hit, The Pirates of Penzance playing there now.

AN EVENING WITH GILBERT AND SULLIVAN Closes at the Skylight Opera Theatre, 6/20


The Skylight Opera Theatre will present 'An Evening with Gilbert and Sullivan' through June 20, 2010.

AN EVENING WITH GILBERT AND SULLIVAN Set for Skylight Opera Theatre


The Skylight Opera Theatre will present 'An Evening with Gilbert and Sullivan' from May 28 to June 20, 2010.

AN EVENING WITH GILBERT AND SULLIVAN Set for Skylight Opera Theatre


The Skylight Opera Theatre will present 'An Evening with Gilbert and Sullivan' from May 28 to June 20, 2010.

Set Sail for Huntington Theatre's "Pirates!"


Sharpen your saber, guard the virgins and the family jewels, and prepare for histrionics! He is the Pirate King!

Photo Coverage: Pirates! Opening Night at Paper Mill


'Pirates!' opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse

William S. Gilbert FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has William S. Gilbert written?

William S. Gilbert has written 18 shows including The Sorcerer (Libretto), Trial by Jury (Bookwriter), Princess Ida (Libretto), Iolanthe (Libretto), The Gondoliers (Libretto), Thespis (Bookwriter/Lyricist), H.M.S. Pinafore (Bookwriter/Lyricist), The Pirates of Penzance (Libretto), Patience (Libretto), The Mikado (Bookwriter), The Mountebanks (Libretto), Utopia, Limited (Libretto), The Yeomen of the Guard (Libretto), Ruddigore (Bookwriter/Lyricist), The Hot Mikado (Bookwriter/Lyricist), The Black Mikado (Bookwriter/Lyricist), The Hot Mikado (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Composer/Lyricist).

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