Lamplighters bring sunny Venice to the Bay Area with Gilbert & Sullivan's sparkling The Gondoliers

SAN FRANCISCO - Oct. 20, 2017 - PRLog -- The Bay Area's acclaimed Lamplighters Music Theatre will present Gilbert & Sullivan's delightfully effervescent musical comedy, The Gondoliers, this February in San Francisco (Feb 2-4), Walnut Creek (Feb 9-11), and Mountain View (Feb 17-18).

Due to a mix-up during infancy, a pair of handsome Venetian gondoliers have, much to their delight, suddenly become kings! Their brand new wives aren't quite so pleased though, once they find out that the rightful king is also married by proxy to Casilda, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Plaza Toro! Only one pair can be the rightful rulers but, until the identity of the true monarch can be established, the boys must share the royal duties. Being idealists, they really don't mind! Set by the sun-dappled, lazy waters of the Grand Canal, the singing Gondolieri and Contadine, and the "Cachucha" danced at the Royal Court at Barataria, make The Gondoliers an exuberant, happy valentine, wrapped in some of Sullivan's most tuneful music and tied with one of Gilbert's most fanciful libretti. Within this joyful opera Gilbert ingeniously skewers issues of social equality and the class system with his usual brilliant wit and groundbreaking lyrics alongside Sullivan's lovely, lilting score.

Full details are posted at http://lamplighters.org/season/season.html. For further information call 415-227-4797 or email info@lamplighters.org.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Friday February 2 at 8pm
Saturday February 3 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday February 4 at 2pm

Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
Friday February 9 at 8pm
Saturday February 10 at 2pm
Sunday February 11 at 2pm

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday February 17 at 8pm
Sunday February 18 at 2pm

Stage Director: Phil Lowery
Music Director/Conductor: Baker Peeples