Great Britain's Gilbert & Sullivan operas to perform at Third Annual Gettysburg Festival
2010 June Festival will showcase 14 comic operas
(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 2/2/2010
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The Gettysburg Festival has announced a partnership with the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival annually produced in Buxton, England. The two festivals are teaming up to produce all 14 comic operas of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan at the 3rd Annual Gettysburg Festival, June 18-27, 2010 — marking the first comprehensive showing in North America since 1997.
“Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, and The Mikado are just a few of the well-known Gilbert & Sullivan masterpieces that will be presented to Gettysburg Festival audiences this June,” said Alice Estrada, Gettysburg Festival Executive Director. “The lavish costumes and sets will transport audiences back to Victorian-era England, but the underlying themes and humor are simply timeless, and a wonderful enhancement to the Gettysburg Festival.”
As many as a dozen theater companies specializing in Gilbert & Sullivan productions will gather in Gettysburg, hailing from the UK, US and Canada, to present an eclectic mix of professional and amateur theater, including youth productions.
“Everyone associated with the productions is thrilled to be coming to Gettysburg this summer,” said Ian Smith, Chairman and Artistic Director of the Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, in its 17th year in Britain. “Hundreds of performers, from amateurs to professionals, will descend upon this most beautiful of American towns and its jewel of the theater, The Majestic Theater. We look forward to welcoming loyal G&S ‘nutters’ as well as creating new G&S fans at the Gettysburg Festival.”
Tickets are on sale and available through the Gettysburg Festival website, www.gettysburgfestival.org. Additional Gettysburg Festival highlight events will be announced in February.
Taking place throughout historic downtown Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Festival will offer more than 100 events, more than half of which are free, including: Music (Brass, Jazz, Classical), Culinary Events, Theater, Visual Arts and Children’s Events. Performers include a mix of world-class artists as well as innovative emerging artists. Actor James Earl Jones, a Festival performer in 2009, called the Festival “one of the finest cultural events in which I’ve had the pleasure to participate.”
For additional information, check www.gettysburgfestival.org or call 717-334-0853.
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