| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2012 Buxton Opera House | A British tar is a soaring soul: HMS Pinafore at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival |
 Few 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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| 29-Jul-2012 Buxton Opera House | Marvellous Mikado at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival |
 The Gilbert and Sullivan canon perhaps achieves the pinnacle of its greatness with The Mikado. The ninth of their fourteen collaborations, it was premièred at the Savoy Theatre in 1885 and the gentlemen were rewarded with an extraordinary success.
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