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Opera Anywhere’s HMS Pinafore at St Mary the Virgin, Long Wittenham

From:

12 November 2022
To:

12 November 2022
St Mary the Virgin, Long Wittenham
High Street, Long Wittenham
Abingdon-on-Thames
OX14 4QJ
01865 735910
mike@operaanywhere.com

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About Opera Anywhere’s HMS Pinafore at St Mary the Virgin, Long Wittenham

The fourth collaboration between Gilbert & Sullivan and their first blockbuster hit was HMS Pinafore, or ‘The Lass That Loved a Sailor.’ The opera opened on 28 May 1878 at the Opera Comique in London and ran for 571 performances. It became a huge hit in England and America, and was copied illegally by dozens of performing companies.

Pinafore is one of the most popular Gilbert & Sullivan operas, perhaps because of its infectious tunes and generally well-constructed libretto. Drawing on several of his earlier ‘bab ballad’ poems, Gilbert embued HMS Pinafore with mirth and silliness in abundance. The opera’s gentle satire reprises and builds upon the love between members of different social classes.

The action takes place on the quarterdeck of HMS Pinafore, anchored at Portsmouth harbour.

HMS Pinafore at St Mary the Virgin, Long Wittenham is a tale of mismatched love across different social classes. Josephine is the captain’s daughter and has fallen for lowly sailor Ralph. Yet her father has other ideas – he has promised her to Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Will love prevail? Climb aboard to find out, and enjoy a feast of fun along the way. Hip hip, hooray!

Company Artistic Director: Vanessa Woodward
Producer and General Manager: Mike Woodward
Production Director: Tristan Stocks
Musical Director: Nia Williams
Technical and Lighting Director: John Alcock
Woodwind: Nick Planas

Tickets

Please see important ticketing information below.

Ticketing information

Performance dates & times:

Saturday 12 November from 7.30pm

Prices:
Full price: £20.00
Under 18s: £10.00

Booking fee applies

Good to know

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