Filmed in a double-billing with Trial by Jury at the Opera Australia at the Melbourne Arts Centre in 2005, this production of HMS Pinafore by Sir Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert combines a luminous cast and impeccable orchestra with spirited direction and plenty of good fun.
Sir Joseph Porter — John Bolton Wood
Captain Corcoran — Anthony Warlow
Ralph Rackstraw — David Hobson
Dick Deadeye — Richard Alexander
Bill Bobstay — Andrew Jones
Bob Beckett — Jerzy Kozlowski
Josephine — Tiffany Speight
Cousin Hebe — Roxane Hislop
Little Buttercup — Colette Mann
The Opera Australia Melbourne Chorus
Orchestra Victoria
Conducted by Andrew Greene
Directed by Stuart Maunder
