Not many opera companies begin in high school auditoriums. In 1975, however, a high school auditorium was exactly where Valley Light Opera got its start. This weekend, the company will celebrate their ...

NORTHAMPTON — Talk with just about any member of the Valley Light Opera, who will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a production of “H.M.S. Pinafore or The Lass That Loved a Sailor” at the ...

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Since hearing a trio of emerging artists from the Green Mountain Opera Festival sing Mozart’s “Soave sia il vento” (from Così fan tutte) last month at Burlington’s Cathedral of St. Paul, I’ve had a ...

Premiering in 1878, H.M.S. PINAFORE was Gilbert & Sullivan's first smash hit and became the gold standard for light opera for generations to come. While Gilbert takes aim at class divisions and ...

NORTHAMPTON — As I walked and whistled out of the Academy of Music on Nov. 9, Able Seaman Paul Peelle — still made up for the stage and dressed in stripes of white and Royal Navy blue — reminded me of ...

My worry, in agreeing to review "H.M.S. Pinafore," which opened at the Napa Valley Opera House Saturday, was that it would be impossible to separate the production from the circumstances — even if the ...

Magic, music and merriment are promised when a much-loved festival returns to Buxton Opera House for its 32nd edition.

(Mass Appeal) – When you think of musicals that have stood the test of time–you may well think of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore with all its charming music and gorgeous costumes in seafaring ...

(Mass Appeal) - When you think of musicals that have stood the test of time--you may well think of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore with all its charming music and gorgeous costumes in seafaring ...