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Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates Of Penzance / English, Gallaher, Hocking

Gilbert & Sullivan / English / Gallaher / Lamond
Release Date: 07/25/2006 
Label:  Kultur Video   Catalog #: 4087  
Composer:  Arthur Sullivan
Performer:  Helen Donaldson,  Derek Metzger,  Simon Gallaher,  Jon English,   ... 
Conductor:  Kevin Hocking
Number of Discs: 1 
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Running Time: 115 minutes
Region Code: 1
Picture Format: NTSC
Audio: Dolby 2.0
Color: Color

Starring: Jon English, Simon Gallaher, Toni Lamond, Derek Metzger, Tim Tyler, The Fabulous Singlettes and Helen Donaldson
Conductor: Kevin Hocking
Choreographer: Craig Schaefer
Composer: Gilbert & Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious comic operetta tells the story of the orphan Frederic. The son of a wealthy 19th century man, Frederic’s fate takes a sudden twist when, after his father’s death, his hard-of-hearing nursemaid finds him an apprenticeshop as a pirate instead of a pilot! He fulfills his apprenticeship with not just any old pirate, rather, it’s with the Read more Pirate King himself, the leader of the not-so-fierce Pirates of Penzance. But now at age 21 and with his indenture ending, Frederic’s sense of duty calls him to rid the seas of his former friends. Despite their track record, the pirates believe they have an ace up their collective sleeves, a way of keeping Frederic amongst them...
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1. Pirates of Penzance by Arthur Sullivan
Performer:  Helen Donaldson (Voice), Derek Metzger (Voice), Simon Gallaher (Voice),
Jon English (Tenor), Toni Lamond (Voice), Tim Tyler (Voice)
Conductor:  Kevin Hocking
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1879; England 

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