H.M.S. Pinafore

Sarasota Opera stages its first-ever Gilbert and Sullivan work with this production of the comic operetta H.M.S. Pinafore. With music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W.S. Gilbert, the Victorian piece unfolds aboard a British Royal Navy ship, where a captain’s daughter and a lower-class sailor fall in love. The narrative satirizes the British class system, patriotism, and naval hierarchy through rapid-fire patter songs and a lighthearted plot. The performances will take place at the Sarasota Opera House.