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I won’t be the first theatergoer to describe Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore” as sheer foolishness, but it sums up the 1878 operetta rather well. Set entirely on the quarter deck of a British naval vessel that has been given the decidedly unmanly name of “Pinafore,” the story is a farcical essay on the British obsession with class distinctions.
I won’t be the first theatergoer to describe Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore” as sheer foolishness, but it sums up the 1878 operetta rather well. Set entirely on the quarter deck of a British naval vessel that has been given the decidedly unmanly name of “Pinafore,” the story is a farcical essay on the British obsession with class distinctions.
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Producer Marc Platt gets emotional when he talks about the extraordinary worldwide popularity of “Wicked.” Maybe that’s because the musical itself has gotten under the skin of so many people.
Musica Nova, the UMKC Conservatory contemporary music ensemble, showed us Saturday night that not only historic composers deserve anniversary celebrations.
Reigning Wagnerian soprano Deborah Voigt presented an impressive array of musical jewels from the repertoire of both opera and art song in her Friday night recital at the Folly Theatre.
Dame Emma Kirkby, an English soprano legendary in early music circles, and Swedish lutenist Jakob Lindberg demonstrated that music can be a gentle and subtle art in a program called “English Orpheus,” performed Friday night in the intimate confines of the Polsky Theatre at the Carlsen Center.
Pay up, please. That’s what some of our friends in the theater community would really like you to do. Call it an alignment of the planets if you will, but the next few weeks will see a succession of theater-related fundraisers.
For complete listings, go to Preview Extra on KansasCity.com. CLASSICAL MUSIC
There’s no doubt that Anonymous 4 are the reigning superstars of the medieval sacred music world. That may be a limited market, but they pack a punch. Their concert, presented Saturday night at Visitation Church by the Friends of Chamber Music, was an extraordinary musical event.
It was something of a family affair at Friday night’s concert by the Kansas City Symphony at the Lyric Theatre. Concertmistress Kanako Ito took center stage as soloist in an exciting performance of Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto in E Minor.”
