The Pirates of Penzance

A gem of the lyric theater!

The Pirates of Penzance
A comic opera in two acts
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
Sung in English with English supertitles

Friday, November 21, 2008 at 8 pm
Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 2 pm
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Sacramento Community Center Theater
1301 L Street, Sacramento

Setting: The coast of Cornwall, mid 1800s

Laugh along on this rollicking tale of pirates on the high seas (or in Penzance at least) and damsels in distress. Conceived in the high Victorian world of 1879, Gilbert and Sullivan’s ever popular comedy, The Pirates of Penzance, features well-known songs “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” and “Poor Wandering One.”

First performed in Paignton, Royal Bijou Theatre, December 30, 1879.

Conductor	Timm Rolek
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra
Stage Director	Gary Briggle
Major General	Gary Briggle
Pirate King	Don Sherrill
Samuel	Peter Petty
Frederic	Matt Morgan
Sergeant	Matt Trevino
Mabel	Julieanne Gearhart
Edith	Carrie Hennessey
Kate	Lyra Dominguez
Isabel	Ellen Presley
Ruth	Edith Dowd

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