GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERAS.

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 28, 3 February 1941, Page 9

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERAS.

"The Gondoliers," in which J. C. Williamson's Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company will' begin its season at the Opera House on Wednesday, February 12, is unquestionably one of the best/one of the most tuneful and most humorous of the works of the famous collaborators. Only five nights can be devoted to "The. Gondoliers.' and a matinee will be presented on Saturday, February 15. On Tuesday and Wednesday, and Wednesday afternoon, February 18 and 19, "The Pirates of Penzance," preceded by "Trial By Jury," will be produced, and it will be followed by "The Yeomen of the Guard" (three nights and matinee), "lolanthe" (three nights and matinee), "The Mikado" (four nights and matinee), and "H.M.S. Pinafore," preceded by "Cox and Box" (two nights and matinee). Playgoers will be glad to welcome the reappearance of Ivan Menzies, Evelyn Gardiner, Gregory S^oud, Richard Watson, Bernard Manning, Vincent McMurray, and interest will be keen to witness the new artists, who include John Fullard (tenor), Viola Wilson (soprano), Sara Gregory (soubrette), Peggy Shea (mezzo), Phyllis Curnow (soprano), and Maxwell Oldaker (tenor). The work of the full operatic chorus and orchestra is a feature of each of the operas. There has been a large number of applications for preferential booking, and there is likely to be a good demand for seats when the box plans open on Friday morning next at the D.I.C. .