May 31st, 2013 → 6:03 am @ Lea // No Comments

“What fine chisel
Could ever yet cut breath?”  – Winter’s Tale

I went to a performance of The Pirates of Penzance with an opera-buff friend of mine this past Wednesday night.  And afterwards we discussed how good the voices were.  My favorite was Mabel, played by Deanna Breiwick (all those trills!), but my more knowledgeable friend couldn’t take her eyes off the conductor (he mouthed the whole performance as he conducted, and, admittedly, he was quite handsome).  One thing we did agree on is that The Pirates of Penzance has one of the silliest plot lines in all of opera, and for opera, that’s saying something!