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This weekend, students from the UNC Charlotte Department of Music will perform The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta of pirates and patter songs, accompanied by the UNC Charlotte Chamber Orchestra. Performances will take place in the Belk Theater in Robinson Hall on the university campus.
"The libretto is ingenious, clever, wonderfully funny in parts, and sometimes brilliant in dialogue,” the composer Arthur Sullivan wrote to his mother in 1880, three days after the show premiered in New York. “The music is infinitely superior in every way to the (HMS) Pinafore... I think that in time it will be very popular." Sullivan’s prediction proved accurate. The Pirates of Penzance is among the most often performed of all operettas; a 1981 revival on Broadway ran nearly 800 performances and won a Tony Award for Best Revival. That production, starring Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline, was made into a movie by Universal Pictures in 1983.
Gilbert and Sullivan were masters of silliness, and The Pirates of Penzance features the twists and turns of a topsy-turvy plot, as well as one of the best loved and most parodied patter songs, “I am the very model of a modern Major-General.”
The production is directed and conducted by Dr. Brian Arreola, assistant professor of voice and director of the UNC Charlotte Opera Workshop program. Tickets are $6, $4 for seniors and all students. Details at www.performances.uncc.edu and 704-687-1849.
About the UNC Charlotte Department of Music
Part of the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte, the Department of Music represents more than 70 students, 16 full-time faculty, and 19 part-time faculty. The department offers a B.A. in Music, a B.M in Music Performance and in Music Education, a Graduate Certificate in Violin, and a music minor.
About the UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture
Established in 2008, the College of Arts + Architecture represents 1200 students and nearly 100 full-time faculty members in five creative disciplines: art and art history, architecture, dance, music, and theatre. Dedicated to interdisciplinary conversation, collaboration, and innovation, the College of Arts + Architecture demonstrates UNC Charlotte’s commitment to arts and culture on campus and in the broader community. The College presents exhibitions, lectures, and nearly 100 performances each year. For more information, visit www.coaa.uncc.edu.
