It’s a stretch to make this slight 19th-century satire speak to a modern audience, and tremendous singing is not enough to make it do so here It’s now most of a theatre-going lifetime since Gilbert ...

This off-the-wall, unexpected production from Skylight Music Theatre and Milwaukee Opera Theatre is the best thing that's happened to a silly Gilbert and Sullivan opera since talkies. On opening night ...

Surreal comedy meets genuinely spooky Victorian chiller in this unmissable production of Gilbert & Sullivan's RUDDIGORE or "The Witch's Curse". Directed by Peter Benedict (Mapp & Lucia - The Musical ...

'It's like Marmite. You either love it or you hate it." I am told this at least three times during the couple of days I spend with ­Opera North at Leeds Grand theatre, where they are rehearsing ...

The Broadway musical did not originate on Broadway. It started at London’s Savoy Theatre with the sparkling work of W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan. These theater titans created a special sort of ...

The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players return to City Center for a ten-performance stint of four operettas, comprising the so-called big three Pinafore,” “Pirates” and “Mikado” plus “Ruddigore.” The ...

Who Played Richard Dauntless in Ruddigore Richard Dauntless is a role in Ruddigore, a opera that opened Broadway in 1927. Opera North make a welcome return to the Grand Opera House in 2012 with their ...

An auditorium packed with an audience of all ages was crackling with anticipation before Opera North’s new production of Ruddigore. One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s lesser-known operettas was receiving its ...

Among the highlights are Rebecca Foster’s luscious costumes and a fine orchestra led by Bernie Kwiram, assembled to play Sullivan’s trickier-than-usual score. (The Society’s shows have had problems in ...

After the instant – and durable – triumph of The Mikado in 1885, Gilbert and Sullivan knew that whatever they produced next was likely to be regarded as an anti-climax. And so it proved. Gilbert ...