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...social commentary is not the draw of Gilbert and Sullivan??€”light farce and playful ditties are. At least in the latter, the work succeeds—the music is reminiscent of a fifties melodrama and suits the story well. However, the lyrics fall flat in places, and they were sometimes difficult to hear with the orchestral accompaniment (or perhaps simply poor acoustics in the Agassiz Theatre). Nonetheless, the singing itself evidenced the actors’ skills...
...debatable whether Miller succeeded in his mission, though the presentation’s faults can probably be attributed to Gilbert and Sullivan??€™s work itself and not the production, which was overall very solid...
...social commentary is not the draw of Gilbert and Sullivan??€”light farce and playful ditties are. At least in the latter, the work succeeds—the music is reminiscent of a fifties melodrama and suits the story well. However, the lyrics fall flat in places, and they were sometimes difficult to hear with the orchestral accompaniment (or perhaps simply poor acoustics in the Agassiz Theatre). Nonetheless, the singing itself evidenced the actors’ skills...
...operetta, however, like most of Gilbert and Sullivan??€™s productions, is a farce. Women’s education and feminism in general are made to look ridiculous throughout the operetta. For this and many other reasons, Princess Ida is rarely produced nowadays...
...Sullivan??€™s 150th as Harvard’s coach, and marked the latest the Crimson has been above .500 in league play since the 2001-2002 season...