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| Reginald Smith Jr. (The Pirate King, heart) with members of the Seattle Opera Refrain in The Pirates of Penzance. Picture: Sunny Martini. |
Audiences are raving about The Pirates of Penzance! Seattle Opera’s first-ever Gilbert & Sullivan manufacturing, this topsy-turvy story is a swashbuckling good time for the entire household. Learn what critics should say about this vivid, colourful present and do not miss your probability to catch The Pirates of Penzance at McCaw Corridor, now by way of November 1. Tickets and information at seattleopera.org/pirates.
The manufacturing itself is a delight. […] Director/choreographer Seán Curran’s stunning stage footage and
boisterous bodily gags helped the script’s comedy really feel contemporary as ever. —The Seattle Instances
Candy tunes, dancing, patter songs and actually humorous jokes and actually contemporary rhymes […] an ideal bon-bon of music all night lengthy. —British Theatre Information
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| Vanessa Becerra as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance. Picture: Sunny Martini. |
Better of all was soprano Vanessa Becerra, in nice voice as Mabel, one of many Main Basic’s many daughters. Kudos as nicely to choreographer Seán Curran and lighting designer Robert Wierzel. —Forking Seattle
The performances by the Pirate King, Frederic, Ruth, and the Sergeant
Main-Basic had been completely hysterical, filled with allure and comedian
timing. And the choreography? Fabulous! You don’t usually see that a lot
footwork in opera — except somebody’s tripping over a cape. —Out NW
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| Tess Altiveros (Edith), Erica Convery (Kate), and Elizabeth Peterson (Isabel) with members of the Seattle Opera Refrain in The Pirates of Penzance at Seattle Opera. Picture: David Jaewon Oh. |
With first-class singers and sensible staging, this English-language
comedy a few pirate’s apprentice is the proper mix of humor and
tune. […] You giggle during, even because the orchestra and singers
produce music as stunning because the operettas of Offenbach or the waltzes
of Strauss. —SGN
Seattle Opera’s present manufacturing of The Pirates of Penzance (1879) enchanted Sunday’s matinee viewers from its opening bars. That is the primary of the Victorian “Savoy Operas” ever to be staged by the corporate, and it fills a void left by the now-dormant Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society. […] The present SO manufacturing makes a great argument for together with English operettas in its repertoire going ahead. —Submit Alley
