H M S Pinafore (Act 1) - D'Oyly Carte - Gilbert & Sullivan

"A common sailor? Oh, fie!" Straight from the vinyl of this stellar 1960 recording, Captain Corcoran's words still amuse. 'Pinafore' was the first of Gilbert & Sullivan's successes. It opened on May 25th, 1878 at London's Opera Comique Theatre. Hugely successful, it is popular to this day. Gilbert's satiric wit adroitly pierced institutions and attitudes, while Sullivan's luminous music is--well, ageless.

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-Cast-

Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B---------------John Reed
(First Lord of the Admiralty)
Captain Corcoran--------------------------Jeffrey Skitch
(Commanding H.M.S. Pinafore)
Ralph Rackstraw--------------------------Thomas Round
(Able Seaman)
Dick Deadeye (Able Seaman)--------Donald Adams
Bill Bobstay (Boatswain's Mate)-----George Cook
Bob Becket----------------------------------Eric Wilson-Hyde
Josephine-------------------------------------Jean Hindmarsh
(the Captain's Daughter)
Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps)----------Gillian Knight
(a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman)
Hebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin)------Joyce Wright

First Lord's Sisters, his Cousins, his Aunts;
Sailors, Marines, etc.

D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Conductor: Isidore Godfrey

Recorded in 1959, album from 1960. Information from album notes.