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By Mari S. Gold Trial Finale. Photo by Danny Bristoll The Sorcerer was the third operatic collaboration by W. S. Gilbert, who wrote the libretto, and (not yet Sir) Arthur Sullivan, who composed the music. The work premiered in 1887 and its relative success encouraged the collaborators to write their next work, H.M.S. Pinafore. While The Sorcerer includes all the tropes that appear in later G&S…

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players take their bow at the end of this season’s “The Mikado” © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players company is one of New York City’s cultural treasures and fortunately, many outside the Big Apple will also have the opportunity to revel in the company’s…

Critique by Mari S. Gold NYGASP production of Patience. Photo by William Reynolds. When Patience, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W.S. Gilbert, first opened in April, 1881 it played at London’s Opera Comique. In October of the same year, the show moved to The Savoy Theater, where it was the world’s first theatrical production to be lit entirely with electricity. This…

A Gilbert & Sullivan Classic Done to a Turn

Review by Mari S. Gold The maidens of Penzance Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, at Hunter College’s Kaye Playhouse April 8-10, 2022, was, in its original incarnation, the fifth collaboration between Sir Arthur Sullivan who wrote the music and W. S. Gilbert who contributed the libretto. This production by the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) is a richly rewarding…

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Present ‘The Mikado’, Dec. 27-Jan. 5

Mellifluous mezzo Amy Maude Helfer as adventurous Pitti-Sing, soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith as self-aware Yum Yum and Rebecca Hargrove as maiden sister Peep-Bo in the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ “The Mikado.”

New York – Since its founding in 1974, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) has presented more than 2,000 performances of the Gilbert & Sullivan masterpieces throughout…