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 ...

NORTHAMPTON — Talk with just about any member of the Valley Light Opera, who will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a production of “H.M.S. Pinafore or The Lass That Loved a Sailor” at the ...

When I was at prep school in the 1960s, a series of old military buffers came to give a lecture to my motley group of school friends about how we were predestined to run the British Empire; this was ...

(Mass Appeal) - When you think of musicals that have stood the test of time--you may well think of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore with all its charming music and gorgeous costumes in seafaring ...

A revival of Cal McCrystal’s 2021 production, HMS Pinafore at the London Coliseum charms with wit, a stunning cast, and gorgeous Victorian designs. Gilbert and Sullivan’s masterful opera was first ...

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 ...

Magic, music and merriment are promised when a much-loved festival returns to Buxton Opera House for its 32nd edition.

All aboard for a swashbuckling evening of music, mischief, and maritime mayhem! After the critically acclaimed run of The Mikado at the Tabard Theatre, the same creative team return with H.M.S.

(Mass Appeal) – When you think of musicals that have stood the test of time–you may well think of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore with all its charming music and gorgeous costumes in seafaring ...