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 ...

The original "Love Boat" sets sail with North Dakota State University Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's first hit, "HMS Pinafore."... The cast of NDSU Opera's "HMS Pinafore," from left: ...

For the uninitiated (like me, I had to do a little homework), H.M.S. Pinafore is a whimsical tale set aboard the British naval vessel H.M.S. Pinafore, where class, love, and identity are all up for ...

When I was at prep school in the 1960s, a series of old military buffers came to give a lecture to my motley group of school friends about how we were predestined to run the British Empire; this was ...

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 ...

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 ...