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...Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players (HRGSP) opened the comic opera Princess Ida yesterday, at Agassiz Theater in Radcliffe Yard. The HRGSP spring production is the biggest budget theatrical performance on campus next to the Hasty Pudding...
Princess Ida differs from most Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Gilbert and Sullivan were famous for popularizing the opera with their simple prose and topsy-turvy plots. Not only is Princess Ida written in blank verse, its characters and basic plot line are taken from a quite serious poem by Tennyson...
...It’s a big pain for everybody. People are relieved when the opera is gone,” she says...
Megan concurs. “I really love the distinct characteristics associated with these Houses,” he says. “When I think ‘Dunster,’ I think opera. The fact that there are technical obstacles to overcome is part of the charm and excitement...
...love the message it sends: art can happen anywhere,” Megan adds. “Opera is regarded as elitist in some places, but this is saying, no, opera is a people?...