![]() ![]() The orchestral playing is suitably lively, and the conducting is efficient enough. However, visually it is a traditional and very sumptuous looking production, Major General Stanley's daughters' dresses are especially gorgeous and true to period. ![]() ![]() There are problems I did have with this Pirates of Penzance, the picture quality could have been sharper, the policeman song When the Foeman Bares his Steel in Act 2 is poorly lit and not very funny sadly and while he sings with a lovely bass-baritone voice I found Jeffrey Black's performance of the Pirate King overdone, especially the clipped accent. This production I did enjoy on the whole, it is not perfect and not as fun as the 1983 film or the 1994 production, but it is far better than the 1982 D'Oyly Carte performance(which was the second weakest of that series to me, only HMS Pinafore was weaker). Despite the silly story, the melodies are gorgeous and the lyrics witty. The Pirates of Penzance was my first Gilbert and Sullivan operetta and still my favourite. ![]()
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