UK Theatre Network

The Carl Rosa Opera Company presents:
HMS PINAFORE
With John Savident as Sir Joseph Porter
And the Carl Rosa Opera Company and Orchestra

Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Tues 10 – Sat 14 March

HMS Pinafore sails in for Theatre Royal Premiere

Following the hugely successful West End run and UK tour in 2008 of The Mikado, acclaimed company Carl Rosa Opera are setting sail this Spring and Summer with a brand new production of another favourite from the Gilbert & Sullivan canon, HMS PINAFORE which premieres at the Theatre Royal.

High seas, high dudgeon and high hopes of everything turning out well, abound in this glorious light opera with Carl Rosa Opera’s Artistic Director Peter Mulloy at the helm. Setting the action in 1805 after the death of Lord Nelson, Mulloy’s fresh new production, with a distinct Dickensian flavour, acknowledges in its stunning design Gilbert’s original plan to have Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory represented onstage.

John Savident, whose career boasts extensive stage, tv and film work but is known to millions as butcher Fred Elliot in Coronation Street, joins the company in the role of Sir Joseph Porter. Determined to take a wife, a matter not of romance but rather social status, he finds himself caught up in pursuits of the heart beyond his control, together with memorable characters such as the lovely Josephine, her father Captain Corcoran, love-struck Ralph Rackstraw and Buttercup.
 
In this sparkling production, sailors, matters of social standing and secrets all simmer alongside one another, promising a scintillating (and at times wonderfully silly!) story of star-crossed lovers and birth-swapped babies.

Will Dick Deadeye scupper plans for a happy resolution? Will the truth be revealed after all? Will true love run its course or will everyone be left all at sea without their hearts’ desire?

Held in great affection as well as high regard, Carl Rosa Opera continues in its ethos to present work of the highest standard to audiences both familiar with and new to the world of opera. This remarkable and entirely self-sustaining company is proud to offer a participation programme of education and training alongside its producing work. Carl Rosa Opera’s profile is enhanced by its work internationally as well as in the UK and is committed to nurturing future talent as well as offering insight and access into the world of performing and performance with a world-class company.


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