Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 06, 2007
And Father is a Major General

Given that Pirates of Penzance is my favorite Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, this may be my favorite post of all time.

(When I was driving from Worcester, MA to Bristol, CT early in my ESPN tenure, a recording of the Kevin Kline version of the stage play fit perfectly into the commute, so at one time I had the whole show memorized.)


Posted by David Pinto at 08:24 PM | Humor | TrackBack (0)
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I sang Frederic in a production of Pirates of Penzance a few years ago with the Denver Symphony Orchestra.

This summer I'll be doing the Gondoliers. Most of the G&S literature is hilarious and 'Pirates' is no exception.

Gene Scheer was the Major General in the production I was in. I remember him inserting some rather funny lyrics about Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.

Gene's also a fantastic composer/lyricist who had one of his works performed at the Metropolitan Opera last winter. He can be found here -

http://www.genescheer.com/

Thanks Dave. That was a riot to read.

Posted by: Jason McAdams at March 6, 2007 10:40 PM

Great post! I was the Police Commish in a high school production (taran tara!). You're from Worc? The play was at Holy Name.

Posted by: marsrover21 at March 8, 2007 02:34 PM
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