Gilbert & Sullivan and the “H.M.S. Pinafore” Phenomenon with Charles Troy

If you had been in England in 1878, you would have known about “H.M.S. Pinafore.” You couldn’t have missed it — it was everywhere!

This fourth comic opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan is the one that brought them worldwide attention, made them forevermore “Gilbert & Sullivan”, and built a passionate audience for the rest of the extraordinary works they wrote together. We’ll tell the story of the lives of these two brilliantly-paired geniuses up to their breakthrough comic opera, and then consider the show itself.