×Students in rehearsal for Milwaukee Opera Theatre's H.M.S. Pinafore

Students in rehearsal for Milwaukee Opera Theatre's H.M.S. Pinafore

Arthur Sullivan was the author of several capable cantatas and symphonies and was best known for penning a popular hymn, “Onward Christian Soldiers”—until he met a witty if cynical solicitor called William S. Gilbert. Suddenly, Sullivan discovered a sense of humor and the power of parody. Gilbert and Sullivan became the enduring hitmakers, the Lennon and McCartney of the Victorian era. Their first smash, H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), will be performed next month in a collaboration between Milwaukee Opera Theatre (MOT) and the UWM Theatre Department.

MOT’s artistic director Jill Anna Ponasik will codirect H.M.S. Pinafore with UWM theater instructor Jeffre

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