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Old Lyme Library Hosts Talk on “The Pirates of Penzance,’ Sept. 27

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Salt Marsh Opera to present ‘Pirates,’ Oct. 17 & 19 in OS

James Kuslan.

OLD LYME— On Saturday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., James Kuslan will present a special talk titled, ‘The Pirates of Penzance: Flying the Flag of Fun‘ at the Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library. The talk will take place in the Community Room at the library, 2 Library Lane, Old Lyme, CT, 06371.

This talk is co-sponsored by TheGuild of Salt Marsh Opera, who will present The Pirates of Penzance at The Kate in Old Saybrook on Oct. 17 and 19.

The Gilbert and Sullivan operettas are unique in the Anglosphere for the often exalted music of Sullivan and the wit of Gilbert’s dialogue whose DNA indicates Restoration comedy paternity.

The Pirates of Penzance is not the most musically profound of the Savoy operettas. Neither is it Gilbert’s wittiest libretto.

What Pirates is is a masterpiece of a particularly English kind of silliness which sends up the conventions of grand opera while indulging itself in them at the same time.

All are welcome. The talk is free but registration is appreciated. Register to attend at this link.

Salt Marsh Opera Brings Back ‘Music at the Lighthouse’ in Stonington Tonight, 6pm

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Audience members at a previous Music at the Lighthouse performance enjoy operatic sounds from the Long Island Sound. Photo courtesy of Salt Marsh Opera.

STONINGTON–Salt Marsh Opera invites you to an evening of beloved opera arias and timeless Broadway melodies with the return of Music at the Lighthouse. 

The performance will be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 22 at the Old Lighthouse Museum in Stonington Borough, 7 Water St. The lawn opens at 5 p.m. 

The Salt Marsh Opera will welcome mezzo-soprano Sarah Nordin and and bass-baritone Tyler Putnam. 

This is an open-air concert by the sea on the lawn of the lighthouse museum. Families are welcome to bring their blankets and lawn chairs. 

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the concert. Tickets will be available at the Salt Marsh Opera box office at (860) 535-0753 or at Tom’s Newstand in the borough.