Name: The Pirates of Penzance
Start: 2024-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: London Coliseum

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English National Opera

Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg

Saarländisches Staatstheater

Conductor

Natalie Murray Beale

Stage director

Mike Leigh

Revival Stage Director

Sarah Tipple

Set designer

Alison Chitty

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Paul Pyant

Revival Lighting Designer

Gary James

Choreographer

Francesca Jaynes

Baritone

Richard Suart

Major-General Stanley

Bass-baritone

John Savournin

The Pirate King

Henry Neill

Samuel

Tenor

William Morgan

Frederic

Bass

James Creswell

Sergeant of Police

Soprano

Isabelle Peters

Mabel

Mezzo-soprano

Bethan Langford

Edith

Anna Elizabeth Cooper

Kate

Contralto

Gaynor Keeble

Ruth

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The Pirates of Penzance

London

United Kingdom

London Coliseum

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Private

Sharan Allad

Approved

The Pirates of Penzance Sullivan

The tongue-twisting I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General, performed live during Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, directed by Mike Lei...

Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance - live and with lyrics!

Batten down the hatches. Strike the colours. The pirates are back. The ENO’s smash-hit production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s swashbuckling farce returns shortly – and is set to get audiences toe-tapping along all over again.

The story of The Pirates of Penzance
With its splendidly silly storyline, wild wordplay and well-loved songs, this Mike Leigh-created production is irresistibly feel-good. An apprentice pirate woos the Major General’s daughter, while his bungling buccaneer-shipmates try to outwit an equally inept party of policemen. Its vibrant staging brings out the sunshine in the story.

The score of The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance is one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most popular operas and contains some of their most memorable melodies. These include ‘I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General’, ‘A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One’ and ‘With Cat-like Tread’.

The singers and creators of The Pirates of Penzance
This revival is directed by Sarah Tipple and conducted by Natalie Murray Beale. G&S favourites and ENO regulars Richard Suart and John Savournin are the Major General and the Pirate King respectively. Meanwhile, ENO Harewood Artist Isabelle Peters sings the role of Mabel, and former Harewood artist William Morgan is Frederic.

The Pirates of Penzance by Sullivan, Sat 25 Jan 2025, From (2024/2025), Directed by Mike Leigh,, Conductor Natalie Murray Beale, London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom

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