2014.5.13. Pirates of Penzance

5/13 Tuesday. Gilbert and Sullivan's Prirates of Penzance by Oregon Opera.

Mabel              Talise Trevigne
Ruth               Cindy Sadler
Frederic           Ryan MacPherson
Sergeant of Police Kevin Burdette
Major-General Stanley Robert Orth
Pirate King        Daniel Okulitch
   
Stage Director     Bill Rauch
Conductor          Daniel Gary Busby
Costume Designer   Deborah M. Dryden
Scenic Designer    Michael Ganio
Choreographer      Randy Duncan
Lighting Designer  Jane Cox
Sound Designer     Kai Harada

Good voice, good chorus, excellent acting, silly plot, funny staging, pretty melodies. Articulation is a problem, except for Orth. I could only understand half of what they say. When they sing, at least I can read supertitles. This is a fun opera to go to, more musical like.