HMS Pinafore
T1730728865
HMS Pinafore premiered in 1878 at the Opera Comique in London, and became Gilbert and Sullivan's first smash hit, enjoying a successful run of 571 performances. Satirising the snobbery and hypocrisy of the English social system of its day.
HMS Pinafore is a comic tale of love, class pretensions and mistaken identities. Questioning the integrity of the ruling elite and exposing the duplicitous motives of leaders of power, this comedy still has remarkable resonance today.
Archive :: production:T1730728865, opera or operetta:S1953, venue:V1231
Production details
Running time 1 hour 20 minutes, no interval. HMS President (1918). Covent Garden Festival. Box Office 010 7369 1793