WSG

Type of post:	Opera news item
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Posted By:	Helena Payne
Status:	Current
Date Posted:	Mon, 22 Jan 2024

W S GILBERT? – THIS WAS YOUR LIFE!

SOMERSET OPERA MARCH 2024 TOUR

Somerset Opera are delighted to present their raucous new production of W.S Gilbert? The G&S operas are very well known, but the relationship (occasionally stormy) between playwright Gilbert and composer Sullivan in their long collaboration is sometimes overlooked. Gilbert often felt undervalued and Sullivan longed to be regarded as a much more ‘serious’ composer. Robert Traynor has put together a highly amusing ‘history’ of the partnership, using Gilbert’s own words in many places, and illustrating the whole thing with highly appropriate songs and quotations from the beloved operas throughout. D'Oyly Carte's own Robert Traynor will perform the role of Gilbert, together with soloists and chorus from Somerset Opera. The show will include familiar numbers from ten Gilbert & Sullivan Operas including The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Patience, HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe and Gondoliers. There are over 25 numbers including ‘Three Little Maids’, Poor Wandering One, Cock & Bull, the Nightmare Song, A Wand’ring Minstrel I and I am the Very Model of a Major General.

WS Gilbert?- This Was Your Life will tour to eight venues across Somerset from 14-24 March, finishing at Taunton School at 3pm on 24 March.

Join us for a night of music and jollity and experience the story behind the stories we all know and love!