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'The Pirates of Penzance (or the Slave of Duty)' is probably the most humorous of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, with tuneful melodies and well known songs, Poor Wandering One, I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General, The Sergeant of Police and Policeman's Chorus.
Performers Simon Butteriss (Major General), Alistair McGowan (The Pirate King), Mark Evans (Samuel), David Curry (Frederic), Rebecca Bottone (Mabel), Abigail Iveson (Edith), Anna Lowe (Kate), Rosie Bell (Isabel), Alison Jiear (Ruth), Michael Howe (The Pirate King), Peter Horton (Frederic), Norma Atallah (Ruth), Leigh Rhiannon Coggins (Mabel), Graham Hoadly (Major General), Dickon Gough (Police Sergeant).
Music A Sullivan. Lyrics W S Gilbert. Producer Raymond Gubbay. Conductor Richard Balcombe. Company London Concert Chorus. Company Manchester Concert Orchestra.