Perhaps the most famous duo in opera, dramatist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, gave us such operettas as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, and The Pirates of Penzance. Since 1972, the Lyric Theatre has staged its Victorian-era music, as well as light operas and musicals by other composers. The Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off is a fundraiser for the theater done in the style of a reality TV competition where three fictional theater companies, named the Silicon Valley Savoyards, Topsy Turvy Opera Company, and Sunol Grade Community Theatre, perform Gilbert and Sullivan favorites, and the audience determines the winner.
The Great Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Off
Sat-Sun, Aug 9-Aug 10, 2 pm and 7:30 pm, $35-$55
Saratoga Civic Theater, Saratoga
