The Pirates of Penzance
(2002, original release: 1982)
Nonfiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/STAGE/GILBERT
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2002]
©2002
©2002
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
9781569385333, 1569385335
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Features: an introduction to the opera by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., "Making of featurette", Gilbert & Sullivan profile, song index and companion booklet featuring the Pirates of Penzance libretto
Pirate apprentice Frederic becomes a pirate because of his sense of duty and he plans to go to the police and have his teachers arrested
Composer, Arthur Sullivan ; libretto, W.S. Gilbert
Cast: Keith Michell (The Major-General), Alexander Oliver (Frederic), Janis Kelly (Mabel), Paul Hudson (Sergeant of Police), Peter Allen (The Pirate King) ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Faris, conductor ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; John McCarthy, chorus master
DVD, dolby digital