Opera review: Scottish Opera - The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Written By D’Oyly Carte Foundation

By Ken Walton
Tuesday, 26th October 2021


Scottish Opera’s long-awaited return to live performance in its home theatre was a sumptuous and exuberant affair, writes Ken Walton

William Morgan as Marco Palmieri in Scottish Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers, at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

WS Gilbert’s satirical language, however dated, can so easily resonate in today’s terms. Take the line “where everybody is someone, then nobody’s anybody”, a sentiment disguised as frippery in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, but which could allude to so many present day social and political issues.

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