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10-Aug-2012
Buxton Opera House
A British tar is a soaring soul: HMS Pinafore at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival
Image credit: Scene from the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company production of HMS Pinafore at the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in Buxton with Simon Butteriss as Sir Joseph PorterFew 19th-century operettas exceed HMS Pinafore in style, wit and musical accomplishment; the principal candidates in English are The Mikado, and The Yeoman of the Guard, plus a few offerings by Lionel Monckton and Sidney Jones. Any foreign contender would surely be one of the champagne-soaked Viennese delicacies by the Strauss family or Carl Zeller.
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