Word: operetta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Peter Grimes (Jan. 28) and Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea (March 25). Gockley's innovations include the creation of the touring Texas Opera Theater, which has successfully made a home in Texas and five nearby states; next month, for instance, Sousa's saucy operetta El Capitan again takes to the road. Gockley is perhaps most proud of the two Houston shows that reached Broadway: Scott Joplin's Treemonisha last fall and Gershwin's Porgy and Bess this week. "Why can't grand opera produce something like Kiss Me, Kate"? he asks. If anyone...
Adapting classic Viennese operetta to dance has been the dream of Sir Robert Helpmann, 67, the Australian Ballet's director for 50 years. The idea is a seductive one. The operetta, of course, has dancing in it. The score is filled with mellow waltzes and Hungarian folk tunes, complete with mandolins and castanets. The trap for a choreographer lies in Lehar's melodies, which enhance the voice like exquisite garments that are no longer made. No steps danced to Vilia are satisfying, because memory hears a soprano singing...
Pirates of Penzance. The very model of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, featuring one of their most famous patter songs and centering on the paradoxical plight of poor Frederick, a young man only five years...
Pirates of Penzance. The very model of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, featuring one of their most famous patter songs and centering on the paradoxical plight of poor Frederick, a young man only five years old. Presented by the Boston Light Opera Company, at Madeleine Lee Theatre, 140 Clarendon St., through March. Performances Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday...
...moon, the visual impact of Pacific Overtures is ravishingly beautiful. The screens and sets (Boris Aronson) and costumes (Florence Klotz) transport one hypnotically into the realm of ukiyoe, the "floating world" of the Japanese print. The shape and tone of the show is that of a Kabuki-styled operetta. It is audaciously ambitious and flagrantly pretentious. Pacific Overtures attempts to portray the Westernization of Japan after the arrival of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's trade mission in 1853. The appearance of Perry's battleship is the evening's showstopper. First the prow with two baleful headlights looms...